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Screening for Birth Defects Strategies for Developing Low Resource Countries

Ashok Khurana, S Suresh, Chander Lulla, Rishabh Bora, Hriday Acharya, Neharika Malhotra Bora, Prashant Acharya

Keywords : Birth defects,Low resource,NT,Anomaly scan,Prenatal diagnostic technique,Amniocentesis,Chorion villus sampling,Aneuploidy,Nasal bone,Genetic sonogram

Citation Information : Khurana A, Suresh S, Lulla C, Bora R, Acharya H, Bora NM, Acharya P. Screening for Birth Defects Strategies for Developing Low Resource Countries. Donald School J Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2013; 7 (4):453-461.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10009-1317

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 01-06-2014

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2013; The Author(s).


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Acharya P, Malhotra J, Malhotra N, Suresh S, Khurana A, Lulla C, Acharya H, Bora NM, Bora R, Malhotra K. Screening for Birth Defects Strategies for Developing Low Resource Countries. Donald School J Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2013;7(4):453-461.


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