Sonographic measurement of the fetal cerebellum, cisterna magna, and cavum septum pellucidum in normal fetuses in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 194-200

  Serhatlioglu, Selami ^a   Kocakoc, Ercan ^a,b   Kiris, Adem ^a   Sapmaz, Ekrem ^a   Boztosun, Yasemin ^a   Bozgeyik, Zulkif ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cavum septum pellucidum; Cerebellum; Cisterna magna; Fetal; Measurement; Normal anatomy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CISTERNA MAGNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SKULL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CEREBELLUM; CISTERNA MAGNA; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REFERENCE VALUES; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0037405188     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10163     Document Type: Article

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