Evolution of the amniotic sac and extracelomic space as seen by early ultrasound examination

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 262-269

  Santolaya Forgas, Joaquin ^a   De Leon Luis, Juan ^a   D'Ancona, Roberto Levy ^a   Morgan, Jeffrey ^a   Kauffman, Robert P ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic sac; Extracelomic space; First trimester pregnancy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AMNION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

AMNION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOLK SAC;

EID: 0037626796     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070807     Document Type: Article

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