Accuracy of second trimester fetal head circumference and biparietal diameter for predicting the time of spontaneous birth

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 367-370

  Johnsen, Synnøve Lian ^a,b   Rasmussen, Svein ^a,b   Sollien, Rita ^a   Kiserud, Torvid ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biparietal diameter; Birth; Fetus; Head circumference; Prediction; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; BIRTH; CALCULATION; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR ONSET; MACHINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ULTRASOUND; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS; FORECASTING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERM BIRTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33748671379     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2006.074     Document Type: Article

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