Evaluation of fetal spine biometry between 11 and 14 weeks of gestation

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1060-1065

  Cheng, Po Jen ^a   Huang, Shang Yu ^a   Shaw, Sheng Wen ^a   Chueh, Ho Yen ^a   Soong, Yung Kuei ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fetal head spine angle; Fetal spine distance; Fetal spine length; Prenatal screening; Spine biometry; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

FETAL HEAD; FETAL SPINE DISTANCE; GENETIC ABNORMALITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; REGRESSION EQUATION; SPINE LENGTH;

ULTRASONICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NOMOGRAM; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; SPINE;

AGING; BIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; SPINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77953909564     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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