Screening efficacy of the subcutaneous tissue width/femur length ratio for fetal macrosomia in the non-diabetic pregnancy

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 340-344

  Rotmensch, S ^a,c   Celentano, C ^a,b   Liberati, M ^b   Malinger, G ^a   Sadan, O ^a   Bellati, U ^b   Glezerman, M ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Femur length; Macrosomia; Screening; Subcutaneous tissue width

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; MACROSOMIA; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PREDICTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETAL MACROSOMIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL CARE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0033039067     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1999.13050340.x     Document Type: Article

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