Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 48, Issue 1 , Pages 38-45 , March 2009

Prenatal Detection of Bladder Wall Involvement in Invasive Placentation with Sequential Two-dimensional and Adjunctive Three-dimensional Ultrasonography

  • Min-Min Chou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Chung Shan Medical University, School of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Hung Kuang University, School of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan
    • National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Min-Min Chou, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, 160, Taichungkang Road, Section 3, Taichung 407, Taiwan
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  • Wei-Chi Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Chung Shan Medical University, School of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jeng-J Tseng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Chung Shan Medical University, School of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Hung Kuang University, School of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan
    • National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ya-Fang Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tzu-Ting Yeh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Esther Shih-Chu Ho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Chung Shan Medical University, School of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan
    • National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan

,Accepted 26 March 2008.

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PII: S1028-4559(09)60033-4

doi: 10.1016/S1028-4559(09)60033-4

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 48, Issue 1 , Pages 38-45 , March 2009

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