Unilateral short femur - What does this mean?: Report of 3 cases

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-92

  Oh, Karen Y ^a   Frias, Antonio E ^b   Byrne, Janice L B ^c   Kennedy, Anne M ^d  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Femur; Hypoplasia; Prenatal; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSULTATION; DIABETIC EMBRYOPATHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIP DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDICS; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL FOCAL FEMORAL DEFICIENCY; SKELETON MALFORMATION; TRISOMY 21; BONE DYSPLASIA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMUR; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; BONE DISEASES, DEVELOPMENTAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 48549106158     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RUQ.0b013e31817d456c     Document Type: Article

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