Reference intervals for the cross sectional area of the umbilical cord during gestation

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-134

  Togni, Fernando Alves ^a   Araujo Jr , Edward ^a,b   Moron, Antonio Fernandes ^a   Vasques, Flávio Augusto Prado ^a   Torloni, Maria Regina ^a   Nardozza, Luciano Marcondes Machado ^a   Filho, Hélio Antonio Guimarães ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Reference values; Ultrasound; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UMBILICAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 33847715206     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2007.020     Document Type: Article

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