Accuracy of second trimester fetal head circumference and biparietal diameter for predicting the time of spontaneous birth [1]

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 350-351

  Gjessing, Håkon K ^a   Grøttum, Per ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biparietal diameter; Head circumference; Prediction; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; BIRTH; ECHOGRAPHY; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LETTER; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; TERM BIRTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34447118325     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2007.080     Document Type: Letter

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