Comparison of ultrasound and autopsy findings in pregnancies terminated due to fetal anomalies

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1208-1216

  Amini, Hashem ^a,d   Antonsson, Per ^b   Papadogiannakis, Nikos ^b   Ericson, Katharina ^a   Pilo, Christina ^c   Eriksson, Lars ^a   Westgren, Magnus ^b   Axelsson, Ove ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antenatal diagnosis; Fetal anomaly; Fetal autopsy; Pregnancy termination; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33749358248     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340600880886     Document Type: Article

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