Isolated single umbilical artery: Need for specialist fetal echocardiography?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 553-555

  Defigueiredo, D ^a   Dagklis, T ^a   Zidere, V ^a   Allan, L ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardiac defect; fetal echocardiography; prenatal diagnosis; single umbilical artery; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SINGLE UMBILICAL ARTERY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SINGLE UMBILICAL ARTERY;

EID: 78349298731     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7711     Document Type: Article

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