Sonographic measurement of corpus spongiosum in male fetuses

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1160-1163

  Vuillard, Edith ^a   Chitrit, Yvon ^a   Dreux, Sophie ^a   Elghoneimi, Alaa ^a   Oury, Jean François ^a   Muller, Françoise ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b University Paris Ile de France Ouest   (France)

Author keywords

Concealed penis; Corpus spongiosum; Fetal genitalia; Penile length; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasound scan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; CORPUS SPONGIOSUM LENGTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; NOMOGRAM; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PENIS; PENIS DIAMETER; PENIS LENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCROTUM; SCROTUM DIAMETER; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOMOGRAMS; PENIS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES;

EID: 82255179356     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2854     Document Type: Article

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