Prenatal diagnosis of umbilicoportosystemic shunts: Report of 11 cases and review of the literature

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 163-168

  Gorincour, Guillaume ^a   Droullé, Pierre ^b   Guibaud, Laurent ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DEBROUSSE   (France)

^b Maternite Regionale Universitaire   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS GROWTH; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PORTAL VEIN; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UMBILICAL VEIN; UMBILICOPORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT;

EID: 11144305353     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.184.1.01840163     Document Type: Review

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