Ultrasound dating at 12-14 weeks of gestation. A prospective cross-validation of established dating formulae in in-vitro fertilized pregnancies

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 504-511

  Sladkevicius, P ^a   Saltvedt, S ^b   Almstrom H ^c   Kublickas, M ^d   Grunewald, C ^b   Valentin, L ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biparietal diameter; Crown rump length; Dating formulae; Fetal ultrasonography; Fetometry; Gestational age; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; CALCULATION; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; CEPHALOMETRY; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 27744549297     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1993     Document Type: Article

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