Visualization of the fetal fontanels and skull sutures by three-dimensional translabial ultrasound during the second stage of labor

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 484-486

  Fuchs, I ^a   Tutschek, B ^b   Henrich, W ^a,c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR FONTANEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABOR STAGE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; LABOR STAGE 2; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SKULL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LABOR PRESENTATION; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; PREGNANCY; SKULL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 49849096817     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5309     Document Type: Article

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