A surprising postnatal diagnosis

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 189-195

  Shur, Natasha ^a   Marion, Robert ^a,b   Gross, Susan J ^a,b   Nygaard, Ingrid ^c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; ANAMNESIS; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOTE; PEDIATRICS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33746891534     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000224706.48265.80     Document Type: Note

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