Comparison of second trimester biometry in singleton and twin pregnancies conceived with assisted reproductive techniques

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 737-740

  Gardosi, Jason ^a   Mul, Theo ^a   Francis, Andy ^a   Hall, Jenny ^b   Fishel, Simon ^b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030988305     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb11988.x     Document Type: Article

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