Fetal biometry at 4300 m compared to sea level in Peru

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-18

  Krampl, E ^a,d   Lees, C ^a   Bland, J M ^a   Espinoza Dorado, J ^b   Moscoso, G ^c   Campbell, S ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c Instituto Materno Perinatal ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL MATERNO PERINATAL   (Peru)

Author keywords

Fetal biometry; High altitude; Hypoxia; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALTITUDE; BIOMETRY; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; FETUS; HUMANS; PERU; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0034539653     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2000.00156.x     Document Type: Article

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