The normal growth of the pulmonary trunk in human foetuses

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 126-130

  Szpinda, M ^a,b  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Digital image analysis; External diameter; Length; Pulmonary trunk; Regression analysis; Volume

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PULMONARY VALVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

FEMALE; FETUS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; ORGANOGENESIS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 34250683811     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: 16443284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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