Deepest vertical amniotic fluid pocket at term: Normal values and clinical application

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-12

  Myles, Thomas D ^a   Morgan, Jeffrey L ^b   Santolaya Forgas, Joaquin ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid index; Birth weight; Fetal macrosomia

Indexed keywords

AMNION; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEPEST VERTICAL AMNIOTIC FLUID POCKET; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MACROSOMIA; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR ONSET; LINEAR MODELS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0037242944     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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