Prenatal diagnosis of major malformations: Quality control of routine ultrasound examinations based on a five-year study of 20,248 newborn fetuses and infants

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 567-576

  Queisser Luft, Annette ^a   Stopfkuchen, Herwig ^a   Stolz, Gabriela ^a   Schlaefer, Klaus ^a   Merz, Eberhard ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Congenital malformations; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MALFORMATION; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; GERMANY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ABNORMALITIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES;

EID: 0031749559     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199806)18:6<567::AID-PD302>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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