Qualified and trained sonographers in the US can perform early fetal anatomy scans between 11 and 14 weeks

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1247-1252

  Timor Tritsch, Ilan E ^a,c   Bashiri, Asher ^b   Monteagudo, Ana ^a   Arslan, Alan A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy scan; Fetus; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; KIDNEY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 7044224944     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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