Routine ultrasound screening of congenital anomalies an overview of the European experience

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 847, Issue , 1998, Pages 86-98

  Levi, Salvator ^a  

^a BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EUROPE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; OBSTETRIC CARE; PRENATAL SCREENING; TRAINING;

EID: 0031851122     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb08929.x     Document Type: Article

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