Quality of routine ultrasound in twin pregnancy in a Swiss Canton;Qualitätskontrolle sonografischer routineuntersuchungen von zwillingsschwangerschaften in einem Schweizer Kanton

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 270-274

  Kashiwagi, Maki ^a,b   Kruschitz Flaggl, E ^a   Zimmermann, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Quality; Swiss; Twin pregnancy; Ultrasound diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CHORION; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERVIEW; LABOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SWITZERLAND; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TWIN PREGNANCY; ULTRASOUND;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SWITZERLAND; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 4344561731     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-813207     Document Type: Article

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