Routine ultrasound screening in pregnancy and the children’s subsequent growth, vision and hearing

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1267-1272

  Kieler, Helle ^c   Haglund, Bengt ^a   Waldenström, Urban ^b   Axelsson, Ove ^c  

^a National Board of Health and Welfare   (Sweden)

^b FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FETUS; FOLLOW UP; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SWEDEN; ULTRASOUND; VISION;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0030678139     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb10973.x     Document Type: Article

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