Diagnostic performance of routine ultrasound screening for fetal abnormalities in an unselected Swedish population in 2000-2005

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 526-533

  Romosan, G ^a   Henriksson, E ^b   Rylander, A ^b   Valentin, L ^b  

^a VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Congenital abnormalities; Sensitivity and specificity; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; ANATOMY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SWEDEN; X RAY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 70350503181     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6446     Document Type: Article

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