Fetal size in the second trimester is associated with the duration of pregnancy, small fetuses having longer pregnancies

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Johnsen, Synnøve L ^a   Wilsgaard, Tom ^b   Rasmussen, Svein ^a,c   Hanson, Mark A ^d   Godfrey, Keith M ^d   Kiserud, Torvid ^a,c  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STOMACH; ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HEAD; LABOR ONSET; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR ONSET; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 48649088888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-8-25     Document Type: Article

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