Screening for heart defects in the first trimester of pregnancy: Food for thought

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 658-660

  Carvalho, J S ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 78649653877     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.8874     Document Type: Note

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