Estimated fetal weight: Maternal vs. physician estimate

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 674-678

  Herrero, Rebecca L ^a,b   Fitzsimmons, Jack ^a  

^a City Avenue Hospital   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimated fetal weight; Fetus; Labor

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PALPATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032845442     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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