Size and volume charts of fetal kidney, renal pelvis and adrenal gland

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 659-664

  Van Vuuren, S H ^a   Damen Elias, H A M ^a   Stigter, R H ^a,b   Van Der Doef, R ^a   Goldschmeding, R ^a   De Jong, T P V M ^c   Westers, P ^d   Visser, G H A ^a   Pistorius, L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b DEVENTER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adrenal gland; fetal; kidney; prenatal diagnosis; renal pelvis; size; ultrasonography; volume

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY PELVIS; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADRENAL GLANDS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY PELVIS; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84869779903     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.11169     Document Type: Article

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