Ultrasound screening for fetal structural abnormalities performed by trained midwives in the second trimester in a low-risk population - An appraisal

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 713-719

  Chen, Min ^a   Leung, Tak Yeung ^a   Sahota, Daljit Singh ^a   Fung, Tak Yuen ^a   Chan, Lin Wai ^a   Law, Lai Wa ^a   Chau, Mo Ching ^a   Lao, Tzu Hsi Terence ^a   Lau, Tze Kin ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fetal structural abnormalities; Midwife; Second trimester; Ultrasound screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDWIFE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRAINING; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 66149141014     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340902934688     Document Type: Article

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