Prediction of birth weight discordance in twin pregnancies by second- and third-trimester ultrasound

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-34

  Hoopmann, Markus ^a   Kagan, Karl O ^a   Yazdi, Britta ^a   Grischke, Eva Maria ^a   Abele, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birth weight discordance; Twin pregnancy; Weight estimation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWIN PREGNANCY;

BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL WEIGHT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 80051800169     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323586     Document Type: Article

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