Relationship between change in amniotic fluid index and volume of fluid removed at amnioreduction

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 90, Issue 4 I, 1997, Pages 529-532

  Denbow, Mark L ^a   Sepulveda, Waldo ^a   Ridout, Deborah ^a   Fisk, Nicholas M ^a  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0030984450     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(97)00356-6     Document Type: Article

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