Increased accuracy of fetal weight estimation with a gender-specific weight formula

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 321-326

  Siemer, Jörn ^a   Wolf, Tanja ^b   Hart, Nicola ^a   Schrauder, Michael ^b   Meurer, Britta ^b   Goecker, Tamme ^b   Beckmann, Matthias W ^b   Schild, Ralf L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fetal biometry; Fetal gender; Fetal weight estimation; Obstetrics; Prenatal diagnosis; Regression formula; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53049098621     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000159777     Document Type: Article

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