Does autopsy of antenatally diagnosed malformed foetuses aid genetic counselling?

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 169-170

  Pahi, J ^a   Phadke, S R ^a   Halder, A ^a   Gupta, A ^a   Pandey, R ^a   Agarwal, S S ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; PREGNANCY;

ABNORMALITIES; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032113470     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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