Routine obstetrical ultrasound at 18-22 weeks: Our experience on 7,236 fetuses

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 64-69

  Stefos, Theodor ^a,b   Plachouras, Nicolaos ^a   Sotiriadis, Alexander ^a   Papadimitriou, Dimitrios ^a   Almoussa, Nedal ^a   Navrozoglou, Iordanis ^a   Lolis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Congenital abnormalities; Pregnancy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MALFORMATION; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIMB MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL ABNORMALITIES; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 0032998852     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767059909052045     Document Type: Article

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