Could birthweight prediction models be improved by adding fetal subcutaneous tissue thickness?

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-26

  Larciprete, Giovanni ^a,b   Di Pierro, Giuseppe ^a   Barbati, Giulia ^b   Deaibess, Therese ^a   Jarvis, Sheba ^c   Valensise, Herbert ^a   Romanini, Maria Elisabetta ^a   Gioia, Stefano ^d   Arduini, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Birthweight prediction; Estimated fetal weight; Fetal subcutaneous tissue thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THIGH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 38449097444     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2007.00741.x     Document Type: Article

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