Development of the human fetal pons: In utero ultrasonographic study

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 506-510

  Achiron, R ^a   Kivilevitch, Z ^b   Lipitz, S ^a   Gamzu, R ^c   Almog, B ^c   Zalel, Y ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain mid sagittal view; Cerebellar vermis; Fetal pons; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROANATOMY; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PONS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 7044221944     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1731     Document Type: Article

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