The 20-week scan: Beyond biometry and anatomy

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 478-486

  Bahado Singh, Ray O ^a,b   Raymond, Marilyn ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

20 week scan; Anomaly detection; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PLACENTA; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAINING; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE CERVIX;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34249896699     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e31804bdd98     Document Type: Article

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