Skeletal measurements among infants who die during the perinatal period: New population-based reference

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 667-673

  Olsen, Øystein E ^a   Lie, Rolv T ^b   Maartmann Moe, Helga ^a   Pirhonen, Jouko ^c   Lachman, Ralph S ^d   Rosendahl, Karen ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conventional radiography; Fetus; Skeletal growth and development; Skeletal appendicular; Skeletal axial

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GEOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMERUS; INFANT; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; PELVIS; PERINATAL DEATH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; SKELETON; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SKELETON RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL; STANDARDIZATION; STILLBIRTH; TIBIA;

AUTOPSY; BONE AND BONES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FETAL DEATH; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0036938485     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-001-0627-x     Document Type: Article

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