Ultrasonic prediction of term birth weight in Hispanic women: Accuracy in an outpatient clinic

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-22

  Nahum, Gerard G ^a   Pham, Krystle Q ^a   McHugh, John P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Fetal ultrasonography; Fetal weight; Hispanic Americans

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR ONSET; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0037239530     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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