The impact of maternal obesity on satisfactory detailed anatomic ultrasound image acquisition

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 337-341

  Khoury, Fadi R ^a   Ehrenberg, Hugh M ^a   Mercer, Brian M ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Ultrasound; Visualisation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBESITY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; MALE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651008530     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050802524586     Document Type: Article

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