Assessment of fetal anatomy at the 11-14-week ultrasound examination

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 730-734

  Souka, A P ^a,b   Pilalis, A ^a   Kavalakis, Y ^a   Kosmas, Y ^a   Antsaklis, P ^a   Antsaklis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b First Department of Obstetrics   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fetal abnormalities; Fetal anatomy; First trimester; Nuchal translucency

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; KIDNEY; LIMB; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL; SPINE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH; TECHNIQUE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 10644231823     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1775     Document Type: Article

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