Customised fetal growth assessment

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 648-651

  Leeson, Simon ^a   Aziz, Nagui ^b  

^a YSBYTY GWYNEDD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL OLDHAM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; FETUS; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS HYPOXIA; FETUS RISK; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NOTE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030871702     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb11973.x     Document Type: Note

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