Predicting pulmonary hypoplasia using the sonographic fetal lung volume to body weight ratio - How precise and accurate is it?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 958-962

  Ruano, R ^a   Martinovic, J ^a   Aubry, M C ^a   Dumez, Y ^a   Benachi, A ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia; Fetal lung; Prenatal diagnosis; Pulmonary hypoplasia; Three dimensional ultrasound; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS LUNG; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; MORPHOMETRICS; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33845903033     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.3853     Document Type: Article

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