Quantification of fetal head direction using transperineal ultrasound: An easier approach

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 607-608

  Iliescu, D G ^a,b   Adam, G ^a   Tudorache, S ^a   Antsaklis, P ^c   Cernea, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY OF CRAIOVA   (Romania)

^b University Emergency Hospital Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEAD; HUMAN; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY;

FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; LABOR PRESENTATION; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84871619965     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.11117     Document Type: Letter

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