Comparison between prenatal ultrasound and postmortem findings in fetuses and infants with developmental anomalies

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 666-672

  Vogt, C ^a,b   Blaas, H G K ^a,b   Salvesen, K A ^a,b   Eik Nes, S H ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

autopsy; congenital anomalies; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NORWAY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMED CONSENT; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84861620021     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.10106     Document Type: Article

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