First trimester anatomy scan: Pushing the limits. What can we see now

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-141

  Monteagudo, Ana ^a,b,c   Timor Tritsch, Ilan E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomical survey; Embryo; Fetus

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); FETUS (ANATOMY); FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIMB BUD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; YOLK SAC;

FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0037388086     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-200304000-00008     Document Type: Review

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