An appraisal of ultrasound fetal biometry in the first trimester

Reports in Medical Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-15

  Pemberton, Lily K ^a   Burd, Rina ^a   Wang, Eileen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biometry; Crown rump length; Pregnancy dating

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; ETHNICITY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENETIC SCREENING; GESTATIONAL AGE; GESTATIONAL SAC; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REVIEW; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 78649803931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/RMI.S9119     Document Type: Review

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