Prenatal diagnosis, its potential impact on the prevalence and management of congenital anomalies

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 130-135

  Nasrat, Hassan A ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fetal anomaly; Neural tube defect; Prenatal diagnosis; Renal anomalies; Ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007586465     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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