Birth-weight prediction using three-dimensional sonographic fractional thigh volume at term in a Chinese population

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 425-433

  Yang, F ^a,b   Leung, K Y ^a,c   Hou, Y W ^d   Yuan, Y ^a   Tang, M H Y ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e TSAN YUK HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

birth weight prediction; Chinese population; fractional thigh volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THIGH; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THIGH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 80053211705     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.8945     Document Type: Article

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