Clinical relevance of sonographically estimated amniotic fluid volume: Polyhydramnios

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 851-863

  Sandlin, Adam T ^a   Chauhan, Suneet P ^b   Magann, Everett F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Antenatal management; Perinatal mortality; Polyhydramnios

Indexed keywords

RADIOLOGY; ULTRASONICS;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POLYHYDRAMNIOS; STRUCTURAL ANOMALY;

OBSTETRICS;

ALGORITHM; AMNION FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; POLYHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84878076340     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.32.5.851     Document Type: Review

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