Depth of brain fissures in normal fetuses by prenatal ultrasound between 19 and 30 weeks of gestation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 693-699

  Alonso, I ^a   Borenstein, M ^a   Grant, G ^a   Narbona, I ^a   Azumendi, G ^a  

^a Centro Gutenberg   (Spain)

Author keywords

fetal brain; fissures; migration disorders; neurosonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 78649655460     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7660     Document Type: Article

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