Outcome of antenatally diagnosed fetal anterior abdominal wall defects from a single tertiary centre

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 416-419

  Arnaoutoglou, C ^a   Pasquini, L ^a   Abel, R ^a,b   Kumar, S ^a  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior abdominal wall defects; Bladder exstrophy; Cloacal exstrophy; Exomphalos; Gastroschisis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS MONITORING; GASTROSCHISIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UMBILICAL HERNIA;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; BLADDER EXSTROPHY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GASTROSCHISIS; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONDON; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55149117079     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000170091     Document Type: Article

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