The value of adding a universal booking scan to an existing protocol of routine mid-gestation ultrasound scan

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 201-205

  Poggenpoel, Elizabeth J ^a   Geerts, Lutgart T G M ^a   Theron, Gerhardus B ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Booking ultrasound; Obstetric ultrasound; Routine ultrasound screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOOKING ULTRASOUND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLICY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; TWINS; ULTRASOUND; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84856619585     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2011.10.027     Document Type: Article

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