Fetal body composition

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 613-617

  Bernstein, Ira ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal body composition; Fetal growth; Fetal growth abnormalities; Fetal growth restriction; Macrosomia; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LIPID;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ACCURACY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; DIABETES CONTROL; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIPID METABOLISM; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 27744580100     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 15353885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mco.0000170757.78737.74     Document Type: Review

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