First-trimester transabdominal fetal echocardiography

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9108, 1998, Pages 1023-1027

  Carvalho, Julene S ^a,b   Moscoso, Gonzalo ^a   Ville, Yves ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032481844     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)08406-7     Document Type: Article

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