Macrosomia Prediction Using Ultrasound Fetal Abdominal Circumference of 35 Centimeters or More

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 523-526

  Jazayeri, Allahyar ^a   Heffron, Julia A ^a   Phillips, Rosemary ^b   Spellacy, William N ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ULTRASOUND; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0033013197     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006250-199904000-00010     Document Type: Article

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