Management of choroid plexus cysts in the mid-trimester fetus

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-11

  Choong, Shawn ^a   Meagher, Simon ^a  

^a MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CHOROID PLEXUS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYST; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21;

EID: 0033050471     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.1999.tb03433.x     Document Type: Article

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