Estimating fetal weight in the management of macrosomia

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 229-239

  Sacks, David A ^a   Chen, Wansu ^b  

^a KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Southern California Permanente Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSTOCIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; MACROSOMIA; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

BIRTH INJURIES; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0034027622     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006254-200004000-00022     Document Type: Review

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