Diameter of the normal fetal thymus on ultrasound

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 634-638

  Cho, J Y ^a   Min, J Y ^b   Lee, Y H ^b   McCrindle, B ^c   Hornberger, L K ^c   Yoo, S J ^c  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fetal chart; Fetal thymus; Prenatal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THYMUS FUNCTION; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMEN; FEMALE; FEMUR; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; THYMUS GLAND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34250881608     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.3979     Document Type: Article

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