Screening fetal echocardiography in diabetic mothers with normal findings on detailed anatomic survey

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 178-182

  Sekhavat, S ^a,b   Kishore, N ^c   Levine, J C ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Fetal echocardiography; Maternal diabetes; Prenatal; Prenatal screening; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76249104318     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7467     Document Type: Article

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