Systematic review of methodology used in ultrasound studies aimed at creating charts of fetal size

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1425-1439

  Ioannou, C ^a   Talbot, K ^a   Ohuma, E ^a   Sarris, I ^a   Villar, J ^a,b   Conde Agudelo, A ^c   Papageorghiou, A T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biometry; fetal growth; guideline; methodology; quality; review; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BODY SIZE; CALCULATION; CINAHL; EMBASE; FEMUR; FETUS SIZE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMEN; ANTHROPOMETRY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH CHARTS; HEAD; HUMANS; PARIETAL BONE; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH REPORT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84867581034     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03451.x     Document Type: Article

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