The impact of maternal obesity on midtrimester sonographic visualization of fetal cardiac and craniospinal structures

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1607-1611

  Hendler, I ^a,c   Blackwell, S C ^a   Bujold, E ^a   Treadwell, M C ^a   Wolfe, H M ^b   Sokol, R J ^a   Sorokin, Y ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal anomalies; Maternal obesity; Prenatal ultrasound; Visualization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FETUS MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SKULL; SPINE;

BODY MASS INDEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 9444290722     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802759     Document Type: Article

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