Ultrasound evaluation of the normal fetal pharynx

Early Human Development

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 629-633

  Tez, Selda ^a   Köktener, Asli ^a   Aksoy, Fatma Gül ^b   Turhan, Nilgün Öztürk ^a   Dilmen, Gülçin ^a  

^a FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fetal; Pharynx; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PHARYNX; PRENATAL SCREENING; ULTRASOUND;

FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; PHARYNX; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 21844450608     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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