Biometric assessment

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 819-831

  Kiserud, Torvid ^a,b   Johnsen, Synnøve Lian ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

biometry; foetal growth; foetal growth restriction; foetal growth retardation; foetal weight; gestational age; ultrasonography; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CALCULATION; ETHNICITY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

BIOMETRY; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 71849105924     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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