Impaired growth and risk of fetal death: Is the tenth percentile the appropriate standard?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 658-669

  Seeds, J W ^a   Peng, T ^a   Grimes, D A ^a   Hale, R W ^a   Saade, G ^a   Goodlin, R C ^a   Gabbe, S G ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight standards; Fetal death; Impaired growth

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

EID: 0031978912     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(98)70475-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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