Sonographic biometrical normograms and estimation of fetal weight in the baboon (Papio anubis)

Journal of Medical Primatology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 321-327

  Van Calsteren, K ^a   de Catte, L ^a   Devlieger, R ^a   Chai, D C ^b   Amant, Frederick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Biometry; Fetal weight; Prenatal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE; AMNION FLUID INDEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATION PERIOD; GROWTH CURVE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PAPIO ANUBIS; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PAPIO ANUBIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

ANIMALIA; PAPIO; PAPIO ANUBIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 70149120315     PISSN: 00472565     EISSN: 16000684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2009.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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