New intrauterine growth curves based on United States data

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Olsen, Irene E ^a,b   Groveman, Sue A ^a   Lawson, M Louise ^c   Clark, Reese H ^d   Zemel, Babette S ^e  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Growth curves; Head circumference for age; Intrauterine growth curves; Large for gestational age; Length for age; Nutrition; Small for gestational age; Weight for age

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL WEIGHT; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76049114804     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-0913     Document Type: Article

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