Evaluation of normal fetal branch pulmonary artery diameters measured by ultrasonography: A comparison with congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 303-307

  Katayama, Shuichi ^a,b   Tada, Katsuhiko ^a   Nakanishi, Yoshie ^a   Takata, Masayo ^a   Kumazawa, Kazumasa ^a   Tsukahara, Saya ^a   Takamaru, Eiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia; Pulmonary artery; Pulmonary artery diameter; Pulmonary hypoplasia; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PULMONARY ARTERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 42449119805     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000123618     Document Type: Article

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