Prenatal diagnosis of pulmonary hypoplasia

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 89-94

  Vergani, Patrizia ^a  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia; Fetal lungs volume; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mid trimester pPROM; Prenatal diagnosis; Two dimensional to three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS LUNG; FETUS WEIGHT; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; LUNG VOLUME; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; VASCULARIZATION;

COUNSELING; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84859758800     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: 1473656X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e3283505a86     Document Type: Review

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