Outcomes for fetal echogenic bowel during the second trimester ultrasound

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1271-1273

  Iruretagoyena, Jesus I ^a   Bankowsky, Heather ^a   Heiser, Timothy ^a   Birkeland, Laura ^a   Grady, Margo ^a   Shah, Dinesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Echogenic bowel; genetic counseling; perinatal outcome

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; FETAL ECHOGENIC BOWEL; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS OUTCOME; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCREENING; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21;

ALGORITHMS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; ECHOGENIC BOWEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77958056359     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767050903551442     Document Type: Review

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