Morphometric study of the human fetal heart: I. Arterial segment

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 260-268

  Castillo, E Halley ^a   Arteaga Martinez M ^b,c,e   Garcia Pelaez I ^b,c   Villasis Keever, M A ^a   Aguirre, O M ^d   Moran V ^c,d   Alarcón, A Vizcaíno ^d  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PANAMERICANA   (Mexico)

^d HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aorta; Aortic arch; Fetal; Prenatal growth; Pulmonary artery

Indexed keywords

AORTA; AORTA ARCH; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; DESCENDING AORTA; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; STEREOSCOPIC VISION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; AORTA; AUTOPSY; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; HEART; HUMANS; PULMONARY ARTERY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 17844410059     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20095     Document Type: Article

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