Prenatally diagnosed human caudal appendage: A case report

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 566-568

  Wright, Jason D ^a   Marder, Sara J ^a   Geevarghese, Sajeena ^a   Shumway, Joseph B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Human caudal appendage; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; CASE REPORT; CAUDAL APPENDAGE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL ABNORMALITIES; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 3242670613     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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