Sonographic estimation of fetal head circumference: How accurate are we?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-71

  Melamed, N ^a   Yogev, Y ^a   Danon, D ^a   Mashiach, R ^a   Meizner, I ^a   Ben Haroush, A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

accuracy; error; head circumference; postnatal; random error; sonographic; systematic error

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 78650650998     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7760     Document Type: Article

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