Accuracy of prenatal diagnosis in a tertiary fetal medicine unit

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1288, 2009, Pages

  Kyle, Pippa M ^a   Coghlan, Peter ^a   Matthews, Jeannie ^a   de Ryke, Rex ^a   Reid, Rosemary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DISEASE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN DEATH; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SURVIVOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS;

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FETAL DEATH; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 59649120935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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