Assessment of the New Ballard Score to estimate gestational age;Valoración del test de Ballard en la determinación de la edad gestacional

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 140-145

  Marin Gabriel M A ^a   Martin Moreiras J ^a   Lliteras Fleixas, G ^a   Delgado Gallego, S ^a   Pallas Alonso C R ^a   De La Cruz Bertolo J ^a   Perez Estevez E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agreement; Corticosteroids; Gestational age; New Ballard Score; Newborn

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATURATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRENATAL DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; SPAIN;

EID: 33644949864     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13084173     Document Type: Article

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