Does use of a sex-specific model improve the accuracy of sonographic weight estimation?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 549-557

  Melamed, N ^a,b   Yogev, Y ^a,b   Ben Haroush, A ^a,b   Meizner, I ^a,b   Mashiach, R ^a,b   Glezerman, M ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

fetal; gender; model accuracy; sex; weight estimation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84860481985     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.10064     Document Type: Article

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