Sonographic detection of physiologic pleural fluid in normal pregnant women

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 63-66

  Kocijančič, Igor ^a   Pušenjak, Stanko ^b   Kocijančič, Ksenija ^b   Vidmar, Gaj ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Chest ultrasonography; Pleural fluid; Pregnant woman

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW DISEASE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PLEURA FLUID; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SITTING; THICKNESS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; FETUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PLEURA; PLEURAL EFFUSION; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; THORAX;

EID: 13244259204     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20090     Document Type: Article

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