Ultrasound evaluation of fetal adrenal gland volume. the role of fetal adrenal glands in the pathogenesis of preterm labor;Ultrasonograficzna ocena objȩtości nadnerczy płodu. rola nadnerczy w patogenezie porodu przedwczesnego

Ginekologia Polska

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-53

  Krzyzanowski, Arkadiusz ^a   Karwasik Kajszczarek, Katarzyna ^a   Dymanowska Dyjak, Izabela ^a   Kondracka, Adrianna ^a   Kwasniewska, Anna ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Cervical length; Preterm labor; Three dimensional ultrasonography; Volume measurement

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ADRENAL GLANDS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84896875808     PISSN: 00170011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17772/gp/1690     Document Type: Article

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