Evaluation of intrauterine growth pattern of twins by linear discriminant analysis of the values of biparietal diameter, femur length and abdominal circumference

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 14-17

  Farina, Antonio ^b   Vesce, Fortunato ^a   Garutti, Paola ^b   Jorizzo, Gianfranco ^b   Bianciotto, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Growth in twins; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; TWINS;

ABDOMEN; BIOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMUR; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARIETAL LOBE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032796047     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000010126     Document Type: Article

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