Sonographic evaluation of amniotic fluid volume

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1026-1038

  Schrimmer, David B ^a   Moore, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOHIPPURIC ACID; DYE;

AMNIOINFUSION; AMNION FLUID; APGAR SCORE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS OUTCOME; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NORMAL VALUE; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT INDICATION; TWIN PREGNANCY; ULTRASOUND; UMBILICAL CORD; URINE VOLUME;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0036893357     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-200212000-00009     Document Type: Review

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