Is a routine ultrasound in the third trimester justified? Additional fetal anomalies diagnosed after two previous unremarkable ultrasound examinations

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 381-386

  Manegold, G ^a   Tercanli, S ^a   Struben, H ^b   Huang, D ^a   Kang, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Klinik Tettnang   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

detection rate; fetal anomalies; screening ultrasound; third trimester

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 79961126188     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1245799     Document Type: Article

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