Accuracy of different equations for estimating fetal weight

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 264-268

  Benavides Serralde, Andrés ^a   Hernandez Andrade, Edgar ^a   Fernandez Lara, Alfredo ^a   Figueras, Francesc ^c   Moreno Álvarez, Oscar ^b   Camargo Marín, Lisbeth ^a   Acevedo Gallegos, Sandra ^a   Gallardo Gaona, Juan ^a   Velázquez Torres, Berenice ^a   Guzmán Huerta, Mario ^a  

^a Research Building   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Fetal weight; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83555163628     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328693     Document Type: Article

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