Ultrasonographic Assessment of Growth and Estimation of Birthweight in Late Gestation Fetal Sheep

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1588-1595

  Carr, David J ^a,b   Aitken, Raymond P ^a   Milne, John S ^a   David, Anna L ^b   Wallace, Jacqueline M ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal circumference; Biometry; Renal volume; Sheep; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE; BIOMETRY; BIRTHWEIGHT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FETAL GROWTH; FETAL WEIGHT; PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION ERRORS; RENAL VOLUME; SHEEP; ULTRASOUND MEASUREMENT; ULTRASOUND PARAMETERS;

FETAL MONITORING; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONICS;

WOOL;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOMETRY; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; LEG LENGTH; MALE; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TIBIA;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 80052913821     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.06.016     Document Type: Article

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