Screening the fetal heart

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-7

  Allan, L ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FETUS HEART; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LUNG ATRESIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEACHING;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33746573829     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2826     Document Type: Note

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