Prenatal evaluation of the position of the fetal conus medullaris

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 548-552

  Hoopmann, M ^a   Abele, H ^a   Yazdi, B ^a   Schuhmann, M U ^a   Kagan, K O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conus distance; Lipomyelomeningocele; Spina bifida; Spinal cord; Tethered cord

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855746903     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.8955     Document Type: Article

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