Routine ultrasound scanning for congenital abnormalities

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 847, Issue , 1998, Pages 173-180

  Wald, Nicholas J ^a   Kennard, Anne ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL DISORDER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING;

EID: 0031876375     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb08937.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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