In-utero defecation between weeks 14 and 22 of gestation: Stools are whitish [2]

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 94-95

  Lopez Ramon Y Cajal C ^a   Ocampo Martinez R ^a  

^a Department of Neurosurgery   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ANUS; COLON; DEFECATION; FECES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; ILEUM; LETTER; MECONIUM; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHINCTER;

DEFECATION; FECES; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 1642540046     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.239     Document Type: Letter

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