Effectiveness of Prenatal Ultrasonography in Detecting Fetal Anomalies and Perinatal Outcome of Anomalous Fetuses

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 372-382

  Lee, Kook ^a   Kim, Suk Young ^b   Choi, Soon Mi ^c   Kim, Jong Seok ^a   Lee, Byung Seok ^a   Seo, Kyung ^a   Lee, Yoon Ho ^a   Kim, Dong Kyu ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fetal anomalies; Perinatal outcome; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABNORMALITIES; ABORTION, INDUCED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032133151     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.1998.39.4.372     Document Type: Article

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