The biologic error in gestational length related to the use of the first day of last menstrual period as a proxy for the start of pregnancy

Early Human Development

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 833-839

  Nakling, Jakob ^a   Buhaug, Harald ^b   Backe, Bjorn ^c,d  

^a Central Hospital of Lillehammer   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gestational age; Gestational age assessment; Term prediction; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; LABOR; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; RELIABILITY;

COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 27944445825     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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