Fetal growth parameters and birth weight: Their relationship to neonatal body composition

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 441-446

  Lee, W ^a,c,d   Balasubramaniam, M ^a   Deter, R L ^b   Hassan, S S ^c,d   Gotsch, F ^c,d   Kusanovic, J P ^c,d   Goncalves L F ^c,d   Romero, R ^c,d  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

3D ultrasonography; Air displacement plethysmography; Fetal growth; Fractional thigh volume; Infant body composition; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; ORGAN SIZE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63449102515     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6317     Document Type: Article

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