Detecting fetal macrosomia with abdominal circumference alone

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 339-342

  Henrichs, Christine ^b   Magann, Everett F ^b   Brantley, Kara L ^b   Crews, J Holt ^b   Sanderson, Maureen ^b   Chauhan, Suneet P ^a  

^a Regional Women's Health   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abdominal circumference; Fetal macrosomia; Fetal weight

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CHILDBIRTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0038242499     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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