Reproducibility of sonographic assessment of fetal liver length in diabetic pregnancies

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 529-534

  Anderson, N G ^a,c   Notley, E ^a   Graham, P ^b   McEwing, R ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diabetes in pregnancy; Fetal liver; Gestational diabetes; Hierarchical modeling; Interobserver variation; Intraobserver variation; Prenatal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ETHNICITY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS LIVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIVER SIZE; MATERNAL AGE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LIVER; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 51949098764     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5298     Document Type: Article

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