Interrupted inferior vena cava and left-sided subrenal inferior vena cava prenatal diagnosis

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 747-752

  Vijayaraghavan, S Boopathy ^a   Raja, Vaijayanthi ^b   Chitra, T V ^c  

^a Sonoscan Ultrasonic Scan Centre   (India)

^b Balaji Nursing Home   (India)

^c PSG INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; MEDICINE;

INFERIOR VENA CAVA (IVC);

ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; HEMIAZYGOS VEIN; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN ANOMALY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; VEIN MALFORMATION;

EID: 0038122898     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2003.22.7.747     Document Type: Article

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