Scanning for chorionicity: Comparison between sonographers and perinatologists

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 835-838

  Weisz, Boaz ^a   Pandya, Pranav ^a   Dave, Raj ^a   Jauniaux, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chorionicity; Prenatal diagnosis; Twins; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWIN PREGNANCY;

CHORION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 26044471144     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1165     Document Type: Article

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