An Accurate method for sonographic estimation of the weight of very preterm fetuses

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 98-103

  Mielke, Gunther ^a   Pietsch Breitfeld, Barbara ^b   Regele, Birgitta ^a   Gonser, Markus ^a   Marzusch, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fetal weight estimation; Prematurity; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031059835     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000291830     Document Type: Article

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