Ultrasound-determined fetal subcutaneous tissue thickness for a birthweight prediction model

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 635-640

  Larciprete, Giovanni ^a,b,e   Valensise, Herbert ^a   Barbati, Giulia ^b   Di Pierro, Giuseppe ^a   Jarvis, Sheba ^c   Deaibess, Therese ^a   Gioia, Stefano ^d   Giacomello, Francesco ^a   Cirese, Elio ^b   Arduini, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Birthweight prediction model; Fetal skinfolds; Subcutaneous tissue

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS WEIGHT; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34548538108     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2007.00624.x     Document Type: Article

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