Effect of maternal obesity on the ultrasound detection of anomalous fetuses

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1001-1007

  Dashe, Jodi S ^a   McIntire, Donald D ^a   Twickler, Diane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADULT; CONGENITAL DISORDER; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; NEWBORN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149119401     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181a1d2f5     Document Type: Article

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