Ultrasound estimated fetal weight slightly below the median is associated with increased risk of spontaneous preterm birth

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 588-591

  Severi, Filiberto M ^a   Bocchi, Caterina ^a   Imperatore, Alberto ^a   Boni, Carlotta ^a   Ferrata, Chiara ^a   Florio, Pasquale ^a   Reis, Fernando M ^a   Petraglia, Felice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84861481656     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.3865     Document Type: Article

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