Ultrasonographic prediction of fetal macrosomia: Association with cesarean delivery

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-22

  Parry, Samuel ^b   Severs, Christopher P ^c   Sehdev, Harish M ^c   Macones, George A ^c   White, Laurel M ^a   Morgan, Mark A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Fetal macrosomia; Fetal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; FETAL WEIGHT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0033956037     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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