Fetal growth compromise: Definitions, standards, and classification

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 214-218

  Maulik, Dev ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric growth restriction; Fetal growth restriction; Intrauterine growth restriction; Small for gestational age; Symmetric growth restriction

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASOUND;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE;

EID: 33748279806     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-200606000-00004     Document Type: Review

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