Comparison of fetal lung area to head circumference ratio with lung volume in the prediction of postnatal outcome in diaphragmatic hernia

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 850-854

  Jani, J C ^a,b   Peralta, C F A ^b   Ruano, R ^c   Benachi, A ^c   Done, E ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^b   Deprest, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia; Lung area to head circumference ratio; Lung volume; Pulmonary hypoplasia; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS LUNG; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LUNG VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEAD; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 36749090678     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5167     Document Type: Article

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