Current controversies in prenatal diagnosis 2: Are we ready to screen for fetal anomalies with first trimester ultrasound?

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-12

  Kontopoulos, Eftichia ^a   Odibo, Anthony ^b   Wilson, R Douglas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCREENING TEST; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84872170213     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.4030     Document Type: Article

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