Low amniotic fluid volume is poorly identified in singleton and twin pregnancies using the 2 x 2 cm pocket technique of the biophysical profile

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 802-805

  Magann, Everett F ^a   Nevils, Bobby G ^a   Chauhan, Suneet P ^a   Whitworth, Neil S ^a   Klausen, Jack H ^a   Morrison, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOHIPPURIC ACID;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032816811     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199908000-00011     Document Type: Article

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