Prenatal diagnosis of diastematomyelia in a 15-week-old fetus

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 258-261

  Biri, A A ^a   Turp, A B ^a   Kurdoglu M ^a   Himmetoglu O ^a   Tokgoz Ercan N ^a   Balci, S ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fetoprotein; Diastematomyelia; Diastematomyelia, prenatal diagnosis; Spinal cord; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIASTEMATOMYELIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; LABOR INDUCTION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 20944450418     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085081     Document Type: Article

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