Ultrasound for fetal assessment in early pregnancy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Whitworth, Melissa ^a   Bricker, Leanne ^b   Neilson, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL WOMEN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS MONITORING; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERNAL CARE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 44949125654     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007058     Document Type: Review

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