The variability in the interpretation of prenatal diagnostic ultrasound

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 326-332

  Smith Bindman, R ^a   Hosmer, W D ^b   Caponigro, M ^c   Cunningham, G ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Down syndrome; Fetal abnormalities; Prenatal diagnosis; Reproducibility; Ultrasound; Ultrasound markers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0035015513     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2001.00346.x     Document Type: Article

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