Fetal adrenal gland volume: A novel method to identify women at risk for impending preterm birth

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 855-862

  Turan, Ozhan M ^a,b   Turan, Sifa ^a   Funai, Edmund F ^a   Buhimschi, Irina A ^a   Copel, Joshua A ^a   Buhimschi, Catalin S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34147133253     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000258282.47919.41     Document Type: Article

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