Relationship between lung-to-head ratio and lung volume in normal fetuses and fetuses with diaphragmatic hernia

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 545-550

  Jani, J ^a   Peralta, C F A ^b   Van Schoubroeck, D ^a   Deprest, J ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Congenital diaphragmatic hernia; Fetal lung volume; Lung to head ratio; VOCAL

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS LUNG; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33646550179     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2735     Document Type: Article

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