Ultrasound-derived fetal size nomogram for a sub-Saharan African population: A longitudinal study

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 379-386

  Landis, S H ^a   Ananth, C V ^c   Lokomba, V ^f   Hartmann, K E ^d   Thorp Jr , J M ^b   Horton, A ^b   Atibu, J ^f   Ryder, R W ^e   Tshefu, A ^f   Meshnick, S R ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^f UNC DRC Programme   (Congo)

Author keywords

Africa; Fetal growth; Growth charts; Multilevel modeling; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOMOGRAM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; URBAN POPULATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NOMOGRAMS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350217198     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6357     Document Type: Article

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