Maternal obesity limits the ultrasound evaluation of fetal anatomy

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1025-1030

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

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

Author keywords

Body mass index; Fetal anatomy; Obesity

Indexed keywords

NUTRITION; OBSTETRICS; SURVEYS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION;

BODY MASS INDEX; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FETAL ANATOMY; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; MATERNAL OBESITY; OBESITY; ULTRASOUND EXAMINATION; ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE;

HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLOOD VESSEL; BODY MASS; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART; HUMAN; KIDNEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL OBESITY; NEUROANATOMY; OBESITY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPINE; STOMACH; UMBILICAL CORD; UNDERWEIGHT;

ARTIFACTS; INCIDENCE; OBESITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEXAS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 68249115847     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.8.1025     Document Type: Article

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