Etiology and outcome of fetal echogenic bowel: Ten years of experience

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 240-246

  Kesrouani, Assaad K ^a   Guibourdenche, Jean ^a   Muller, Françoise ^b   Denamur, Eric ^a   Vuillard, Edith ^a   Garel, Catherine ^a   Delezoide, Anne Lise ^a   Eydoux, Patrice ^a   Tachdjian, Gerard ^c   Lebon, Pierre ^d   De Lagausie, Pascal ^a   Sibony, Olivier ^a   Bauman, Clarisse ^a   Oury, Jean François ^a   Luton, Dominique ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^d HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

Author keywords

Bowel, echogenic; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; ENTEROPATHY; FETAL ECHOGENIC BOWEL; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INTESTINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 10744226021     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070803     Document Type: Article

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