Prenatal diagnosis of unilateral proximal femoral focal deficiency at 19 weeks' gestation: Case report and review of the literature

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 594-597

  Mailath Pokorny, M ^a   Timor Tritsch, I E ^b   Monteagudo, A ^b   Mittal, K ^b   Konno, F ^b   Santos, R ^b  

^a UNIV KLIN FÜR FRAUENHEILKUNDE   (Austria)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital; Femoral deficiency; Fetus; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BONE DYSPLASIA; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; BONE DISEASES, DEVELOPMENTAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEMUR; GENETIC COUNSELING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84855745442     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.8995     Document Type: Article

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