New fetal weight estimation models using fractional limb volume

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 556-565

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

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY WILLIAM BEAUMONT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

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

^f BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Body composition; Estimated fetal weight; Fetal growth; Fetal soft tissue; Fetal weight; Fractional arm volume; Fractional limb volume; Fractional thigh volume

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAPHYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL DIAPHYSIS LENGTH; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; FRACTIONAL ARM VOLUME; FRACTIONAL THIGH VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMB; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOFT TISSUE; THIGH; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ARM; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIGH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 70350491166     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7327     Document Type: Article

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