Ultrasonographic weight estimation in large for gestational age fetuses: A comparison of 17 sonographic formulas and four models algorithms

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 675-680

  Rosati, Paolo ^a   Arduini, Maurizio ^b   Giri, Carla ^a   Guariglia, Lorenzo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Estimation fetal weight; Hypotenuse test; Large for gestational age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ALGORITHM; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; FETAL MACROSOMIA; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; GESTATIONAL AGE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; FETAL WEIGHT; FORECASTING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77953648352     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767050903410631     Document Type: Article

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