Comparison of magnetic resonance imaging to ultrasound in the estimation of birth weight at term

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1017-1020

  Zaretsky, Michael V ^a   Reichel, Taylor F ^a   McIntire, Donald D ^a   Twickler, Diane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Fetus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0242593807     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0002-9378(03)00895-0     Document Type: Article

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