Standards for the quantification of serial changes in the Amniotic Fluid Index

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 403-407

  Owen, P ^a   Ogston, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid index; Conditional centiles

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; BIRTH WEIGHT; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030338316     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1997.08060403.x     Document Type: Article

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