Amnioreduction: How much to drain?

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 279-282

  Abdel Fattah, Sherif A ^a   Carroll, Stephen G ^a   Kyle, Phillipa M ^a   Soothill, Peter W ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amnioreduction; Amniotic fluid index; Polyhydramnios

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS;

EID: 0032847634     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000020939     Document Type: Article

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