The evolution of prenatal screening and diagnosis and its impact on an unselected population over an 18-year period

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1131-1140

  Boyd, P A ^a   Rounding, C ^a   Chamberlain, P ^a   Wellesley, D ^b   Kurinczuk, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital anomalies; Pregnancy outcomes; Prenatal diagnosis; Prenatal screening; Ultrasound normal variants

Indexed keywords

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DELIVERY; DISEASE REGISTRY; DOWN SYNDROME; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FETUS; GASTROSCHISIS; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA; ULTRASOUND; UMBILICAL HERNIA;

ABORTION, INDUCED; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84863717970     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03373.x     Document Type: Article

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