Low Amniotic Fluid Index as a Predictor of Adverse Perinatal Outcome
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Low amniotic fluid index at term as a predictor of adverse perinatal outcome.
AIM To determine whether an antepartum low amniotic fluid index (AFI) is a predictor of adverse perinatal outcome in normal pregnancy and to determine a threshold level of AFI that could predict an adverse outcome. METHODS This was a prospective study conducted among 180 pregnant women at 37-40 weeks of gestation with no known obstetric or medical complications with an AFI ≤ 5th percentile. T...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Perinatology
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0743-8346,1476-5543
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7210697