Prenatal determination of the upper lesion level of spina bifida with three-dimensional ultrasound

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-40

  Buyukkurt, Selim ^a   Binokay, Figen ^a   Seydaoglu, Gulsah ^a   Kucukgoz Gulec, Umran ^a   Ozgunen, Fatma Tuncay ^a   Evruke, Cuneyt ^a   Demir, Cansun ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Prenatal ultrasonography; Spina bifida; Upper pole

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 84872688687     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341568     Document Type: Article

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