Charts to assess fetal wellbeing

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-5

  Rasmussen, S ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; BLOOD FLOW; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

BIOMETRY; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 78650657886     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.8897     Document Type: Note

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