New crown-rump length curve based on over 3500 pregnancies

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 650-655

  Pexsters, A ^a   Daemen, A ^b   Bottomley, C ^c   Van Schoubroeck, D ^a   De Catte, L ^a   De Moor, B ^b   D'Hooghe, T ^a   Lees, C ^d   Timmerman, D ^a   Bourne, T ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crown rump length; Menstrual age; Vaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDATION STUDY;

CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77953554142     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7654     Document Type: Article

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