Development of the fetal spinal cord: Time of ascendance of the normal conus medullaris as detected by sonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1397-1401

  Zalel, Yaron ^a   Lehavi, Ofer ^b   Aizenstein, Orna ^c   Achiron, Reuwen ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fetal conus medullaris; Fetal spine; Prenatal sonographic diagnosis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DISEASE CONTROL; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CONUS MEDULLARIS (CM); FETAL CONUS MEDULLARIS; FETAL SPINES; PRENATAL SONOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS;

BONE;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINE;

EID: 33847000228     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2006.25.11.1397     Document Type: Article

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