Validation study of the capacity of the reference curves of ultrasonographic measurements of the umbilical cord to identify deviations in estimated fetal weight

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 286-291

  Barbieri, Cristiane ^a   Cecatti, Jose Guilherme ^a,b   Krupa, Fabiana ^a   Marussi, Emilio Francisco ^a   Costa, Jose Vilton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Estimated fetal weight; Intrauterine growth restriction; Ultrasound; Umbilical cord measurements

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; UMBILICAL CORD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 39849087839     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340701876106     Document Type: Article

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