Small and large foetuses: Identification and estimation of foetal weight at delivery from third-trimester ultrasound data

Early Human Development

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 753-757

  Lalys, L ^a   Pineau, J C ^a   Guihard Costa, A M ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Foetal macrosomia; Foetal weight; Low birth weight; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RANDOM ERROR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 78649690861     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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