Audit of prenatal and postnatal diagnosis of isolated open spina bifida in three university hospitals in The Netherlands

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-52

  Olde Scholtenhuis, M A G ^a   Cohen Overbeek, T E ^b   Offringa, M ^c   Barth, P G ^d   Stoutenbeek, Ph ^e   Gooskens, R H ^e   Wladimiroff, J W ^b   Bilardo, C M ^d  

^a ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Mortality; Routine ultrasound; Spina bifida; Ultrasound screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEONATOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INFANT; MEDICAL AUDIT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL AUDIT; NETHERLANDS; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINA BIFIDA CYSTICA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0038485752     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.3     Document Type: Article

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