The use of fetal foot length to determine stillborn gestational age in Vietnam

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-25

  Hirst, Jane E ^a   Ha, Lieu T T ^b   Jeffery, Heather E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Tu du Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fetal death; Foot length; Gestational age; Low income country; Stillbirth; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL FOOT LENGTH; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS DEATH; FOOT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STILLBIRTH; VIET NAM;

EID: 83055186452     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2011.08.013     Document Type: Article

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