Routine ultrasound screening in low-risk pregnancies: Imperatives for further study

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 607-610

  Ecker, Jeffrey L ^a   Frigoletto, Fredric D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032974027     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006250-199904000-00027     Document Type: Editorial

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