Nomogram of Fetal Renal Growth Expressed in Length and Parenchymal Area Derived From Ultrasound Images

Journal of Urology

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2150-2154

  Shin, Jae Sung ^a   Seo, Yong Soo ^a   Kim, Jong Hwa ^a   Park, Kwan Hyun ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

fetus; kidney; nomograms; organ size; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOMOGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; NOMOGRAMS; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 35148818265     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.07.044     Document Type: Article

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