Height of the cerebellar vermis and gestational age at birth

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 401-405

  Pogliani, L ^a   Radaelli, G ^b   Manfredini, V ^a   Lista, G ^c   Zuccotti, G V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c V BUZZI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellar vermis height; Gestational age; Neonatal biometry; Neonatal ultrasound; Reference intervals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULTRASOUND; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBELLUM; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 43249100977     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5269     Document Type: Article

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