Ossification timing of sacral vertebrae by ultrasound in the mid-second trimester of pregnancy

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1056-1059

  De Biasio, P ^a,b   Ginocchio, G ^a   Aicardi, G ^a   Ravera, G ^a   Venturini, P L ^a   Vignolo, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b University of Genoa ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Caudal regression syndrome; Fetal spine; Pregnancy; Sacral agenesis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CAUDAL REGRESSION SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OSSIFICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SACRUM; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; SACRUM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0346458744     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.722     Document Type: Article

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