Second-trimester assessment of gestational age in twins: Validation of singleton biometry charts

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-37

  Dias, T ^a   Arcangeli, T ^a   Bhide, A ^a   Mahsud Dornan, S ^a   Papageorghiou, A ^a   Thilaganathan, B ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dating; head circumference; second trimester; twin pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TWINS; VALIDATION STUDY;

BIOMETRY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 78650635656     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7740     Document Type: Article

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