Ultrasound screening for fetal anomalies in Southern Sweden: A population-based study

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 688-693

  Nikkilä, Annamari ^a   Rydhstroem, Hakan ^b   Källén, Bengt ^c   Jörgensen, Connie ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b HELSINGBORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUND   (Sweden)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Congenital malformations; Detection rate; Screening; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

ABNORMALITIES; ABORTION, EUGENIC; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; SWEDEN; TRISOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33745714428     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340600676474     Document Type: Article

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