Antenatal ultrasound and postnatal autopsy findings in terminations after 12 weeks' gestation due to fetal abnormality: Population-based study in Western Norway, 1988-2002

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 816-822

  Parkar, A P ^a   Olsen, O E ^b   Maartmann Moe, H ^a   Daltveit, A K ^c   Gjelland, K ^a   Rosendahl, K ^b,c  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Antenatal; Autopsy; Screening; Termination; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITIES; ANTENATAL; AUTOPSY; TERMINATION; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; DIAGNOSIS; OBSTETRICS; STATISTICAL TESTS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONGENITAL DISORDER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MALE; NEWBORN; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STILLBIRTH;

ABORTION, INDUCED; AUTOPSY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STILLBIRTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 69949151759     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850903025960     Document Type: Article

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