Opinion from anatomy to function: The developing image of ultrasound evaluation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 615-617

  Yagel, S ^a   Valsky, D V ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOMETRY; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; GYNECOLOGY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NOTE; OBSTETRICS; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND; WELLBEING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; UTERUS PROLAPSE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PELVIC FLOOR; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 54549096872     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5378     Document Type: Note

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