The quantitative lung index (QLI): A gestational ageindependent sonographic predictor of fetal lung growth

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 205, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 544.e1-544.e8

  Quintero, Rubén A ^a   Quintero, Luis F ^b   Chmait, Ramen ^c   Gómez Castro, Libardo ^a   Korst, Lisa M ^c   Fridman, Moshe ^d   Kontopoulos, Eftichia V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Applied Basic Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AMF Consulting Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

congenital diaphragmatic hernia; lung to head circumference ratio; tracheal occlusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS LUNG; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; LUNG VOLUME; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE LUNG INDEX;

EID: 81855166669     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.07.031     Document Type: Article

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