Correlation between referral ultrasound with suspected foetal anomalies and autopsy examination in two prenatal diagnosis centres. Impact of the routine use of 3D/4D scan

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-196

  Picone, Olivier ^a,b   Levaillant, Jean Marc ^a,b   Hirt, Raphael ^a,b   Frydman, René ^a,b   Boulvain, Michel ^c   Senat, Marie Victoire ^a,b,d  

^a HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

3D 4D ultrasound; Autopsy; Correlation; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FACE MALFORMATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE; THORAX; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 41149101851     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1952     Document Type: Article

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