Three-dimensional ultrasound-assessed fetal thigh volumetry in predicting birth weight

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 331-339

  Chang, Fong Ming ^a   Liang, Ren Ing ^a   Ko, Huei Chen ^a   Yao, Bor Lin ^a   Chang, Chiung Hsin ^a   Yu, Chen Hsiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIGH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THIGH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030829383     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(97)00280-9     Document Type: Article

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