Charts of fetal size: Kidney and renal pelvis measurements

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 891-897

  Chitty, Lyn S ^a,c   Altman, Douglas G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Napolitano and Prof David)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal renal pelvis measurements; Fetal ultrasound; Kidney size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY PELVIS; KIDNEY SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; KIDNEY PELVIS; ORGANOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0345306111     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.693     Document Type: Article

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