New sonographic method for fetuses with a large abdominal circumference improves fetal weight estimation

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 265-269

  Kehl, S ^a   Korber C ^a   Hart, N ^a   Goecke, T W ^b   Schild, R L ^c   Siemer, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c Diakonie Hospitals   (Germany)

Author keywords

abdominal circumference; fetal weight estimation; macrosomia; weight formula

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; MACROSOMIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; FETAL WEIGHT; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862565284     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1245834     Document Type: Article

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