Analysis of the ultrasonographic findings predictive of vasa previa

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 30, Issue 12-13, 2010, Pages 1121-1125

  Hasegawa, Junichi ^a,b   Farina, Antonio ^a,b   Nakamura, Masamitsu ^a   Matsuoka, Ryu ^a   Ichizuka, Kiyotake ^a   Sekizawa, Akihiko ^a   Okai, Takashi ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasound; Vasa previa; Velamentous cord insertion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PLACENTA DISORDER; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UMBILICAL MALFORMATION; VASA PREVIA;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL CORD; VASA PREVIA;

EID: 78649673358     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2618     Document Type: Article

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