3D/4D sonography moved prenatal diagnosis of fetal anomalies from the second to the first trimester of pregnancy

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 433-455

  Pooh, Ritsuko K ^a   Kurjak, Asim ^b  

^a CRIFM Clinical Research Institute of Fetal Medicine PMC   (Japan)

^b Dubrovnik International University   (Croatia)

Author keywords

3D sonoembryology; 3D 4D sonography; fetal anomalies

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONJOINED TWINS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOTOMOGRAPHY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FACE MALFORMATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS MALFORMATION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; HAND MALFORMATION; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; LIMB MALFORMATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPINA BIFIDA; THORAX MALFORMATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION; YOLK SAC;

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84859897169     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2011.636107     Document Type: Review

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