Individualized growth assessment of fetal soft tissue using fractional thigh volume

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 766-774

  Lee, W ^a,c,d   Deter, R L ^b   McNie, B ^a   Goncalves L F ^c,d   Espinoza, J ^c,d   Chaiworapongsa, T ^d   Romero, R ^c,d  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

3D ultrasonography; Fetal growth; IUGR; Rossavik growth model

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE; ACCURACY; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS MONITORING; FRACTIONAL THIGH VOLUME; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOFT TISSUE; STANDARD; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LINEAR MODELS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIGH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 10644245066     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1779     Document Type: Article

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