Ultrasonography of the fetal brainstem: A biometric and anatomical, multioperator, cross-sectional study of 913 fetuses of 21-36 weeks of gestation

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 739-745

  Mirlesse, V ^a   Courtiol, C ^b   Althuser, M ^c   Duyme, M ^d  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Clinique St Germain   (France)

^c Hospital Couple Enfant   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Fetal brainstem; Fetal pons; Hypoplasia; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77955107560     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2501     Document Type: Article

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