First-trimester echogenic amniotic fluid in the acrania-anencephaly sequence

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1075-1080

  Cafici, Daniel ^a   Sepulveda, Waldo ^b,c  

^a Ultrasound and Prenatal Diagn Unit   (Argentina)

^b CLÍNICA LAS CONDES   (Chile)

^c QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acrania; Anencephaly; Fetal sonography; First trimester; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BRAIN; GYNECOLOGY;

AMNIOTIC FLUID;

ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0141529851     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2003.22.10.1075     Document Type: Article

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