Correlation between ultrasound and autopsy findings after 2nd trimester terminations of pregnancy

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-69

  Antonsson, Per ^a   Sundberg, Anders ^a   Kublickas, Marius ^a   Pilo, Christina ^b   Ghazi, Sam ^a   Westgren, Magnus ^a   Papadogiannakis, Nikos ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Fetal malformations; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HYDROPS; FETUS MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYGROMA; KARYOTYPE; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, THERAPEUTIC; AUTOPSY; COHORT STUDIES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 38049120151     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2008.005     Document Type: Article

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