Abstract
Every obstetrician is aware that most pregnant women are afraid to carry a malformed baby. This fear increases with the approach of the expected date and becomes unbearable in those women who have already given birth to a malformed baby. Formerly, a woman was at the mercy of fate until delivery. Today, with the possibilities of ultrasonography, the situation has changed. The increased scientific interest is reflected by the numbers of published papers dealing with diagnostic procedures to detect such anomalies:
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Kratochwil, A. (1986). Prenatal Diagnosis of Fetal Malformations by Ultrasonography. In: Wurnig, P. (eds) Long-gap Esophageal Atresia. Progress in Pediatric Surgery, vol 19. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70777-3_15
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