Impact of introduction of mid-trimester scan on pregnancy outcome of open spina bifida in the Netherlands

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 553-556

  Fleurke Rozema, J H ^a   Vogel, T A ^a   Voskamp, B J ^b   Pajkrt, E ^b   Van Den Berg, P P ^a   Beekhuis, J R ^c   Bilardo, C M ^a   Brouwer, O F ^a   De Walle, H E K ^a   Snijders, R J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Obstetrics Isala Klinieken ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

anomaly scan; banana sign; congenital malformation; lemon sign; screening; ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BACK; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL; SPINA BIFIDA CYSTICA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84899942969     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.12546     Document Type: Article

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