Comparison of fundal height measurement and sonographically measured fetal abdominal circumference in the prediction of high and low birth weight at term

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 566-571

  Kayem, G ^a,b   Grange G ^a   Breart G ^a   Goffinet, F ^a  

^a Cochin Saint Vincent de Paul Hospital ^*  (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Abdominal circumference; Diagnostic accuracy; Estimated fetal weight; Fundal height

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; FUNDAL HEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARAMETER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BELGIUM; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; FETAL WEIGHT; FRANCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 70350492890     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6378     Document Type: Article

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