Structural and functional early human development assessed by three-dimensional and four-dimensional sonography

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1285-1299

  Kurjak, Asim ^a   Pooh, Ritsuko K ^b   Merce, Luis T ^c   Carrera, Jose M ^d   Salihagic Kadic, Aida ^a   Andonotopo, Wiku ^e  

^a Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences   (Croatia)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^c International Ruber Hospital   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Brain function; First trimester; Four dimensional ultrasound; Sonoembryology; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANENCEPHALUS; BLADDER EXSTROPHY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONJOINED TWINS; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; EXENCEPHALY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HYDROPS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; OBSTETRICS; OMPHALOCELE; PLACENTA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRUNE BELLY SYNDROME; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SPINA BIFIDA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 24944541469     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.03.084     Document Type: Review

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