Survival after non-aggressive obstetric management in cases of severe fetal anomalies: A retrospective study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1630-1635

  Bijma, Hilmar H ^a,b   Van Der Heide, Agnes ^a   Wildschut, Hajo I J ^a   Van De Vathorst, Suzanne ^a   Tibboel, Dick ^a   Wladimiroff, Juriy W ^a   Van Der Maas, Paul J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b IKAZIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEWBORN; OBSTETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MATERNAL AGE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33644654806     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00777.x     Document Type: Article

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