Specific weight formula for fetuses with abdominal wall defects

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 397-400

  Siemer, J ^a   Hilbert, A ^b   Hart, N ^b   Hoopmann, M ^c   Schneiders, U ^d   Girschick, G ^e   Muller A ^b   Schild, R L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall defect; Fetal biometry; Fetal weight estimation; Gastroschisis; Omphalocele; Prenatal diagnosis; Regression formula; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS WEIGHT; GASTROSCHISIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OMPHALOCELE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ABDOMINAL WALL; ALGORITHM; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UMBILICAL HERNIA;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; GASTROSCHISIS; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 49849100170     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5294     Document Type: Article

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