Validation of fetal cerebellar volume by three-dimensional ultrasonography in Brazilian population

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 275, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-11

  Araujo Jr , Edward ^a   Guimarães Filho, Hélio A ^a   Pires, Cláudio R ^a   Nardozza, Luciano M ^a   Moron, Antonio F ^a   Mattar, Rosiane ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebellum volume; Fetus; Three dimensional imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAZIL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; STUDENT T TEST; TAIWAN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33751295764     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-006-0192-5     Document Type: Article

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