Ultrasound-guided injection and occlusion of the trachea in fetal sheep

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-88

  David, A L ^a   Weisz, B ^a   Gregory, L ^b   Themis, M ^b   Cook, T ^b   Roubliova, X ^c   Deprest, J ^c   Coutelle, C ^b   Rodeck, C H ^a   Peebles, D M ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia; Fetal; Sheep; Tracheal occlusion; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; MORBIDITY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TRACHEA OBSTRUCTION; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GENE THERAPY; INJECTIONS; PREGNANCY; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; TRACHEA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33746558043     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2815     Document Type: Article

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