Prenatal sonographic diagnosis of skeletal dysplasias - A report of the diagnostic and prognostic accuracy in 35 cases

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 357-362

  Gaffney, G ^a   Manning, N ^a   Boyd, P A ^a   Rai, V ^a   Gould, S ^a   Chamberlain, P ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Prenatal diagnosis; Skeletal dysplasia; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DYSPLASIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; BONE DISEASES, DEVELOPMENTAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0031977218     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199804)18:4<357::AID-PD276>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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