Determination of placental weight using two-dimensional sonography and volumetric mathematic modeling

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-155

  Azpurua, Humberto ^a   Funai, Edmund F ^a   Coraluzzi, Luisa M ^a   Doherty, Leo F ^a   Sasson, Isaac E ^a   Kliman, Merwin ^b   Kliman, Harvey J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IUFD; IUGR; Placenta; Ultrasound; Volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THICKNESS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 76249132911     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1234034     Document Type: Article

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