Effect of first-trimester ultrasound screening for Down syndrome on maternal-fetal attachment - A randomized controlled trial

Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 85-90

  Georgsson Ohman S ^a,b   Waldenstrom U ^b  

^a SOPHIAHEMMET UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Fetal screening; Maternal fetal attachment; Ultrasound examination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PRENATAL SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONS; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; QUESTIONNAIRES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954816372     PISSN: 18775756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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