Comparison of three sonographic circumference measurement techniques to predict birth weight

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 692-696

  SMULIAN, JOHN C ^a   RANZINI, ANGELA C ^a   ANANTH, CANDE V ^a   ROSENBERG, JOANNE C ^a   VINTZILEOS, ANTHONY M ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032926788     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006250-199905000-00012     Document Type: Article

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