Prenatal and postnatal imaging in isolated interruption of the inferior vena cava with azygos continuation [5]

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 872-874

  Tubau, A ^a   Grau, J ^a   Filgueira, A ^a   Juan, M ^a   Estremera, A ^a   Ferrer, M I ^a   Dorao, M ^a   Hernandez Ma I ^a   Ferragut, Ma A ^a   Freixas, N ^a  

^a Hospital Fundacio Son Llatzer   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AORTA; AZYGOS VEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 33749502493     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1516     Document Type: Letter

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