Clients' reasons for prenatal ultrasonography in Ibadan, South West of Nigeria
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Clients' reasons for prenatal ultrasonography in Ibadan, South West of Nigeria
BACKGROUND Prenatal ultrasonography has remained a universal tool but little is known especially from developing countries on clients' reasons for desiring it. Then aim was to determine the reasons why pregnant women will desire a prenatal ultrasound. METHODS It was a cross-sectional survey of consecutive 222 women at 2 different ultrasonography facilities in Ibadan, South-west Nigeria. RES...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Women's Health
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1472-6874
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-9-12