Ultrasonographic prediction of term birth weight: How accurate is it?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 566-574

  Nahum, Gerard G ^a   Stanislaw, Harold ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Fetal weight; Maternal characteristics; Ultrasonographic fetal biometry; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS MATURITY; FETUS WEIGHT; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037325123     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2003.155     Document Type: Article

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