Nomograms of the axial transverse diameter of the fetal foramen magnum between 14 and 40 weeks' gestation

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1297-1303

  Sherer, David M ^a,c   Sokolovski, Margarita ^a   Dalloul, Mudar ^a   Onesti, Stephen T ^a   Pezzullo, John C ^b   Abulafia, Ovadia ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Downstate Health Sciences University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal biometry; Fetus; Foramen magnum; Nomogram; Prenatal sonography

Indexed keywords

FETAL MONITORING; NOMOGRAMS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; BIPARIETAL DIAMETERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FETAL BIOMETRY; FETUS; FORAMEN MAGNUM; LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; PRENATAL SONOGRAPHY;

BONE;

ABDOMEN; AMNION; ARTICLE; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; CEREBELLUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; FORAMEN MAGNUM; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMERUS; NOMOGRAM; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 54149089237     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.9.1297     Document Type: Article

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