Fetal thymus size in uncomplicated twin and singleton pregnancies

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 302-307

  Gamez, F ^a   De Leon Luis, J ^b   Pintado, P ^a   Perez, R ^a   Robinson, J N ^c   Antolin, E ^a   Ortiz Quintana, L ^a   Santolaya Forgas, J ^b,d  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal thymus; Prenatal diagnosis; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NOMOGRAM; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYMUS; TWINS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; NOMOGRAMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYMUS GLAND; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77956205302     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7578     Document Type: Article

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