Mothers and babies, pregnant women and fetuses

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1235-1237

  de Crespigny, Lachlan ^a   Chervenak, Frank ^b   McCullough, Laurence ^c  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; BABY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NOMENCLATURE; NOTE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0032777930     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08175.x     Document Type: Note

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