Normal sonographic values of maternal spleen size throughout pregnancy

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1827-1831

  Maymon, Ron ^a   Strauss, Simon ^a   Vaknin, Zwi ^a   Weinraub, Zwi ^a   Herman, Arie ^a   Gayer, Gabriela ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

BMI; Pregnancy; Spleen; Ultrasound monitoring

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; LINEAR SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

BODY MASS INDEX (BMI); PREGNANCY; SPLEEN; ULTRASOUND MONITORING;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENOMEGALY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SPLEEN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33845316905     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.06.017     Document Type: Article

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