Placental volume measured by three-dimensional ultrasound in the prediction of fetal α0-thalassemia: A preliminary report

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 166-172

  Chen, M ^a,c   Leung, K Y ^a   Lee, C P ^a   Tang, M H Y ^b   Ho, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TSAN YUK HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fetal anemia; Hb Bart's disease; Homozygous 0 thalassemia; Placenta; Three dimensional ultrasound; Volume

Indexed keywords

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FETUS RISK; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33747609836     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2721     Document Type: Article

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