Learning in medicine: Chorionic villus sampling

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 241-246

  Wijnberger, Lia D E ^a   Van Der Schouw, Yvonne T ^b   Christiaens, Godelieve C M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chorionic villus sampling; Fetal loss; Learning curves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; COMPETENCE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 0034084890     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(200003)20:3<241::AID-PD793>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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