The esophageal 'pouch sign': A benign transient finding

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 845-848

  Solt, Ido ^a   Rotmensch, Siegfried ^a   Bronshtein, Moshe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Alkol Clinic   (Israel)

Author keywords

Esophageal atresia; Esophageal pouch; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLAVICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; KARYOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH; SWALLOWING;

ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POLYHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77956159683     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2568     Document Type: Article

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