Predicting macrosomia

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-43

  Pates, Jason A ^a,b   McIntire, Donald D ^a   Casey, Brian M ^a   Leveno, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid index; Macrosomia; Prediction; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; CLINICAL RISK; FETAL MACROSOMIA;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS RISK; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; MACROSOMIA; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 38349108140     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.1.39     Document Type: Article

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