An assessment of amniotic fluid index among Japanese (a longitudinal study)

Journal of Maternal-Fetal Investigation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-34

  Salahuddin, Saira ^a,b   Noda, Yoshito ^a   Fujino, Toshinori ^a   Fujiyama, Chihaya ^b   Nagata, Yukihiro ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid index; Amniotic fluid volume; Japanese; Normal pregnancy

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031954204     PISSN: 09396322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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