First-Trimester Ultrasound: Current Uses and Applications

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-131

  Dulay, Antonette T ^a   Copel, Joshua A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYOLOGY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANEUPLOIDY; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 40749108089     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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