Perinatal mortality: Clinical value of postmortem magnetic resonance imaging compared with autopsy in routine obstetric practice

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 378-382

  Alderliesten, Marianne E ^a,b   Peringa, Jan ^a   Van Der Hulst, Victor P M ^a   Blaauwgeers, Hans L G ^a   Van Lith, Jan M M ^a,b  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COMPUTER PREDICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 0347928856     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2003.02076.x     Document Type: Article

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