Are there sex differences in Fetal Abdominal Subcutaneous Tissue (FAST) measurements?

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 118-120

  Farah, Nadine ^a   Stuart, Bernard ^a   Harrold, Emily ^a   Fattah, Chro ^a   Kennelly, Mairead ^a   Turner, Michael J ^a  

^a Tallaght and Coombe Women's and Infant's University Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fetal Abdominal Subcutaneous Thickness (FAST); Fetal adiposity; Fetal body composition; Sex differences; Subcutaneous tissue

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ABDOMINAL WALL; ARTICLE; BIRTH; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECORDING; RIB; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 73749084992     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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