The Validity of Gestational Age Estimation by Menstrual Dating in Term, Preterm, and Postterm Gestations

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 260, Issue 22, 1988, Pages 3306-3308

  Kramer, Michael S ^a   McLean, Frances H ^b   Boyd, Mark E ^b   Usher, Robert H ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COHORT STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0023723479     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1988.03410220090034     Document Type: Article

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