Intra- and interobserver reproducibility study of early fetal growth parameters

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 323-331

  Verburg, Bero O ^a   Mulder, Paul G H ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a   Witteman, Jacqueline C M ^a   Steegers, Eric A P ^a,b  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early pregnancy; Fetal biometry; Fetus; Intraobserver interobserver reproducibility; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; ULTRASOUND;

BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CEPHALOMETRY; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 42049123039     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1972     Document Type: Article

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