Prenatal ultrasonography: First do no harm?

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9140, 1998, Pages 1568-1569

  Steinhorn, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032517572     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)61038-0     Document Type: Note

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