Value of perinatal autopsy

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 915-920

  Faye Petersen, Ona M ^a,b,c   Guinn, Debra A ^a,b,c   Wenstrom, Katharine D ^a,b,c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PARENT COUNSELING; PERINATAL DEATH; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; STILLBIRTH;

ALABAMA; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COUNSELING; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032745078     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(99)00468-8     Document Type: Article

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