Factors affecting the accuracy of ultrasonographical fetal weight estimation in twin pregnancies

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1168-1172

  Ocer, Fahri ^a   Aydin, Yavuz ^a   Atis, Alev ^b   Kaleli, Semih ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

biometry; fetal weight estimation; gestation; Twin; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CHORION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOM ERROR; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWIN PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL WEIGHT; GROWTH CHARTS; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052740831     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2010.545928     Document Type: Article

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