Female external genitalia on fetal magnetic resonance imaging

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 695-700

  Nemec, S F ^a   Nemec, U ^a   Weber, M ^a   Rotmensch, S ^b   Brugger, P C ^a   Kasprian, G ^a   Krestan, C R ^a   Rimoin, D L ^b   Graham Jr , J M ^b   Prayer, D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

bilabial diameter; external genitalia; female sexual development; fetal MRI; genital abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME; VULVA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME FACTORS; VULVA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455205802     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.8973     Document Type: Article

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