Fetal biometry in ethnic Chinese: Biparietal diameter, head circumference, abdominal circumference and femur length

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 321-327

  Leung, T N ^a   Pang, M W ^a   Daljit, S S ^a   Leung, T Y ^a   Poon, C F ^a   Wong, S M ^a   Lau, T K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Abdominal circumference; Biparietal diameter; Chinese; Femur length; Head circumference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ABDOMEN; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS WEIGHT; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; HONG KONG; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ABDOMEN; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL WEIGHT; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HONG KONG; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 49949106634     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5192     Document Type: Article

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