Evaluation of routine ultrasound in the prenatal diagnosis of structural anomalies of the fetus

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 180-182

  Ashe, R G ^a   Dornan, J C ^b   Patterson, C C ^b   Thompson, W ^b  

^a ANTRIM AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030237989     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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