Accuracy of ultrasound biometry in the prediction of macrosomia: A systematic quantitative review

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1461-1466

  Coomarasamy, Arri ^a   Connock, Martin ^b   Thornton, Jim ^c   Khan, Khalid S ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; ESTIMATED FETUS WEIGHT; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; HADLOCK METHOD; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LIKELIHOOD RATIO; MACROSOMIA; MEDLINE; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SCISEARCH; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ABDOMEN; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ABDOMEN; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; FETAL WEIGHT; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33644628736     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00702.x     Document Type: Review

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