Prenatal diagnosis of proximal focal femoral deficiency: Literature review of prenatal sonographic findings

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 252-259

  D'Ambrosio, Valentina ^a   Pasquali, Gaia ^a   Squarcella, Antonia ^a   Marcoccia, Eleonora ^a   Filippis, Angela De ^a   Gatto, Silvia ^a   Camilla, Aliberti ^a   Pizzuti, Antonio ^a   Torre, Renato La ^a   Giancotti, Antonella ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fetal ultrasonography; Malformations; Musculoskeletal; Prenatal diagnosis; Proximal focal femoral deficiency

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITIES; BONE DISEASES, DEVELOPMENTAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS;

BONE DISEASES, DEVELOPMENTAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEMUR; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84945341624     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.22306     Document Type: Article

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