Longitudinal distance standards of fetal growth

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 165-173

  Di Battista, Eliana ^a,d   Bertino, Enrico ^b   Benso, Lodovico ^b   Fabris, Claudio ^b   Aicardi, Giorgio ^a   Pagliano, Marco ^b   Bossi, Anna ^c   De Biasio, Pierangela ^d   Milani, Silvano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fetal abdomen circumference; Fetal femur length; Fetal growth; Fetal head circumference; Fetal head diameters

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; BRAIN SIZE; CEPHALOMETRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAPHYSIS; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FRONTAL CORTEX; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ABDOMEN; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMUR; HEAD; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0034003384     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2000.079003165.x     Document Type: Article

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