The early human development: Advances in it's visualisation

Gynaecologia et Perinatologia

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 76-86

  Laušin, Iva ^a   Kurjak, Asim ^a  

^a Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences   (Croatia)

Author keywords

First trimester; Placenta; Sonoembriology; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS MOVEMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LIFE; NIDATION; OOCYTE; PLACENTA; REVIEW; SPERM; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 78650592369     PISSN: 13300091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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