Construction of fetal charts for biparietal diameter, fetal abdominal circumference and femur length in Bangladeshi population

Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 67-77

  Ashrafunnessa, ^a   Jehan, A H ^b   Chowdhury, S B ^a   Sultana, F ^b   Haque, J A ^b   Khatun, S ^a   Karim, M A ^b  

^a BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b Institute of Nuclear Medicine   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORD; POPULATION MODEL; PREGNANCY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BANGLADESH; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0942288101     PISSN: 03779238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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