Table Of ContentDonald School Textbook of
Ultrasound in Obstetrics and
Gynecology
Editors
Asim Kurjak MD PhD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical School University of Zagreb
Sveti Duh Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
Frank A Chervenak MD PhD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Obstetrics Ultrasound and Ethics
The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
New York, USA
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Contributors
Alenka Aksamija
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical School University of Zagreb
Sveti Duh Hospital
Zagreb, Croatia
[email protected]
Aris J.Antsaklis
1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Hospital “Alexandria”
Athens, Greece
[email protected]
Kazunori Baba
Division of Maternal and Fetal Medicine
Center for Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical School
Saitama, Japan
[email protected]
Zoltán Bán
1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Semmelweis University
Budapest, Hungary
[email protected]
Renato Bauman
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical School University of Zagreb
Sveti Duh Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
[email protected]
Ivanka Bekavac
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical School University of Zagreb
Sveti Duh Hospital
Zagreb, Croatia
[email protected]
Bernard Benoit
Nice, France
[email protected]
Drazena Bjelos
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical School University of Zagreb
Sveti Duh Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
[email protected]
Fernando Bonilla-Musoles
Chairman
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Valencia School of Medicine, Valencia, Spain
[email protected]
Branko Breyer
Laboratory “Breyer”
Zagreb, Croatia
[email protected]
Boris Brkljacic
Head, Department of Radiology
Clinical Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
[email protected]
Jose Maria Carrera
Head, Fetal Medicine Service
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University Institute “Dexeus”
Barcelona, Spain
[email protected]
Stephen T.Chasen
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Cornell Medical Center
New York, USA
[email protected]
Frank A.Chervenak
Given Foundation Professor and Chairman
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
New York Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York, USA
[email protected]
Matilde T.Clavijo Rodriguez
Division of US and Fetal Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University Hospital of the Canary Islands
Tenerife, Spain
[email protected]
Giancarlo Conoscenti
Divisione Ostetricia e Ginecologia
Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy
[email protected]
Vincenzo D’Addario
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University Medical School of Bari
Bari, Italy
[email protected]
Luca Di Cagno
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University Medical School of Bari
Bari, Italy
[email protected]
Edoardo Di Naro
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University Medical School of Bari
Bari, Italy
[email protected]
A Kubilay Ertan
Prenatal Diagnosis and Therapy
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Saarland
Homburg/Saar, Germany
[email protected]
Kotaro Fukushima
Maternity and Perinatal Care Unit
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Kyushu University Hospital
Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
[email protected]
Biserka Funduk-Kurjak MD PhD
Modern Medical Center
Zagreb, Croatia
Srecko Gajovic
Department of Histology and Embryology
Medical School University of Zagreb
Zagreb, Croatia
[email protected]
Mattia Gentile
Department of Medical Genetics
I.R.C.C.S. “Saverio de Bellis”
Castellana Grotte (BA), Italy
[email protected]
Ozren Grgic
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical School University of Zagreb
Sveti Duh Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
[email protected]
Tomislav Hafner
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical School University of Zagreb Sveti Duh Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
Toshiyuki Hata
Professor and Chairman
Department of Perinatology
Kagawa Medical University
Kagawa, Japan
[email protected]
Radoslav Herman
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Clinical Hospital “Sestre milosrdnice”
Zagreb, Croatia
[email protected]
Shigenori Iwagaki
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Gifu University School of Medicine
Gifu, Japan
Robin B. Kalish
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Cornell Medical Center, New York, USA
[email protected]
[email protected]
Nika Kalogjera MD
Ultrasonic Unit
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Zagreb
Sveti Duh Hospital
Sveti Duh 64
10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
[email protected]
Ichiro Kawabata
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Gifu University School of Medicine
Gifu, Japan
[email protected]
Milan Kos
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical School University of Zagreb
Sveti Duh Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
[email protected]
Ljiljana Kostovic-Knezevic
Department of Histology and Embryology
Medical School University of Zagreb
Zagreb, Croatia
[email protected]
Sanja Kupesic
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical School University of Zagreb