Comparison of first and second trimester ultrasound screening for fetal anomalies in the southeast region of Sweden

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1412-1419

  Hildebrand, Eric ^a   Selbing, Anders ^a   Blomberg, Marie ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Detection rate; Fetal structural anomalies; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SWEDEN; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958462516     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349.2010.517307     Document Type: Article

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