Surgically Correctable Fetal Anomalies: Ultrasound Diagnosis and Management
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چکیده
A significant proportion of fetal anomalies are surgically correctable. Their accurate and reliable prenatal diagnosis is of great importance, and will have significant influence on both postnatal and postsurgical outcome. The influence of prenatal diagnosis of simple structural defects will interfere with organ development. In the light of recent achievements, traditional teratology has to be reexamined more critically.
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