Antenatal detection of a single umbilical artery: Does it matter?

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-123

  Gornall, A S ^a,c   Kurinczuk, J J ^b   Konje, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital malformation; Prenatal diagnosis; Single umbilical artery; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 0037324882     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.540     Document Type: Article

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