The relationship between first trimester fetal growth, pregnancy-associated plasma protein A levels and birthweight

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 873-878

  Habayeb, O ^a   Daemen, A ^b   Timmerman, D ^c   De Moor, B ^b   Hackett, G A ^a   Bourne, T ^c,d   Lees, C C ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birthweight; CRL; First trimester fetal growth; FLDA; Functional linear discriminant analysis; PAPP A

Indexed keywords

PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN-A; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77956168221     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2578     Document Type: Article

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