Evaluation of Fetal Growth and Fetal Well-Being

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 136-146

  Cetin, Irene ^a   Boito, Simona ^a   Radaelli, Tatjana ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BRAIN PERFUSION; DELIVERY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS HEART; FETUS LIVER; HEART PERFUSION; HUMAN; LIVER PERFUSION; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WELLBEING;

FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL WEIGHT; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 40749147259     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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