Longitudinal reference ranges for fetal ultrasound biometry in twin pregnancies

Clinics

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 451-455

  Liao, Adolfo Wenjaw ^a   Brizot, Maria de Lourdes ^a   Kang, Helenice Júlio ^a   Assunção, Renata Almeida ^a   Zugaib, Marcelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biometry; Pregnancy; Reference values; Twins; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMAN; OCCIPITAL BONE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWINS;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; BIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; OCCIPITAL BONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TWIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84863922277     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2012(05)08     Document Type: Article

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