Limitations of clinical and sonographic estimates of birth weight: Experience with 1034 parturients

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 72-77

  Chauhan, Suneet P ^a   Hendrix, Nancy W ^b   Magann, Everett F ^b   Morrison, John C ^b   Kenney, Sean P ^b   Devoe, Lawrence D ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031972893     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(97)00590-5     Document Type: Article

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