Prenatal sonographic detection of birth defects in 18 hospitals from South America

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-212

  Campaña, Hebe ^a   Ermini, Mónica ^b   Aiello, Horacio A ^b   Krupitzki, Hugo ^c   Castilla, Eduardo E ^c,d   López Camelo, Jorge S ^a,c  

^a Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Celular   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Health insurance scheme; Latin american collaborative study of congenital malformations; Prenatal sonography; South america

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; HEALTH; HOSPITALS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BIRTH DEFECTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; PRENATAL SONOGRAPHY; SONOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

HEALTH INSURANCE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL DISORDER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AMERICA; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AMERICA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 75749142340     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2010.29.2.203     Document Type: Article

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