Should we customize fetal growth standards?

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 297-303

  Figueras, F ^a,b   Gardosi, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^c West Midlands Perinatal Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Intrauterine growth restriction; Small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ETHNICITY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NEWBORN PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 70349546280     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000235875     Document Type: Short Survey

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