Accuracy of sonographic weight estimation as a function of fetal sex

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-73

  Melamed, N ^a   Ben Haroush, A ^a   Meizner, I ^a   Mashiach, R ^a   Glezerman, M ^a   Yogev, Y ^b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

accuracy; comparison; estimation; fetal; gender; models; sex; weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 79959707099     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.8914     Document Type: Article

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