Early first-trimester crown-rump length measurements in male and female singleton fetuses in IVF pregnancies

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2610-2612

  Ben Haroush, Avi ^a,b   Melamed, Nir ^a,b   Oron, Galia ^a,b   Meizner, Israel ^a,b   Fisch, Benjamin ^a,b   Glezerman, Marek ^a,b  

^a Helen Schneider Hospital for Women   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

CRL; Gender; Sex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MONITORING; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

COHORT STUDIES; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84870358549     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2012.712563     Document Type: Article

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