Inter- and intra-observer variation in the amniotic fluid index

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 848-851

  Peedicayil, Abraham ^a   Mathai, Matthews ^a   Regi, Annie ^a   Jeyaseelan, L ^a   Rekha, K ^a   Jasper, Padmini ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0027948335     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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