Estimation of fetal weight in twins: A new mathematical model

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 924-928

  Ong, Stephen ^a   Smith, Anne P M ^a   Fitzmaurice, Ann ^a   Campbell, Doris ^a  

^a ABERDEEN MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CALCULATION; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWINS; ULTRASOUND;

BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS; HEAD; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032859139     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08431.x     Document Type: Article

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