Impact of maternal obesity on procedure of mid-trimester anomaly scan

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 447-450

  Phatak, M ^a   Ramsay, J ^a  

^a CROSSHOUSE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anomaly scan; Fetal anomalies; Maternal obesity; Prenatal ultrasound; Visualisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ECHOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77954470477     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01443611003797679     Document Type: Article

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