Sonographic features of hemivertebra at 13 weeks' gestation

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-77

  Chen, Min ^a,c,d   Chan, Ben ^a   Lam, Tina Poy Wing ^b   Shek, Tony ^a   Lee, Chin Peng ^a   Tang, Mary Hoi Yin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c TSAN YUK HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fetal abnormality; First trimester; Hemivertebra; Postmortem MRI; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; HEMIVERTEBRA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTHUMOUS CARE; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ABORTION, EUGENIC; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33845911478     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2007.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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