The use of three-dimensional ultrasound for fetal gender determination in the first trimester

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 76, Issue 907, 2003, Pages 448-451

  Michailidis, G D ^a   Papageorgiou, P ^a   Morris, R W ^b   Economides, D L ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PREDICTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SACRUM; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIAGNOSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VOLUMETRY;

FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0041869481     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/13479830     Document Type: Article

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