Fetal weight prediction by thigh volume measurement with three-dimensional ultrasonography

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-161

  Song, Tae Bok ^a   Moore, Thomas R ^c   Lee, Ji Young ^a   Kim, Yoon Ha ^a   Kim, Eun Kyung ^b  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Chosun University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIGH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0033923723     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(00)00884-X     Document Type: Article

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