Only two-phase models, computed independently for males and females, are appropriate to describe fetal head growth

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 207-216

  Pineau, Jean Claude ^a   Guihard Costa, Anne Marie ^a   Droullé, Pierre ^b  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b Maternite Regionale Universitaire   (France)

Author keywords

Biparietal diameter; Fetal growth; Head circumference; Mathematical model; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH RATE; HEAD; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CEPHALOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0037278491     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069379     Document Type: Article

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