Isolated short femur length on second-trimester sonography a marker for fetal growth restriction and other adverse perinatal outcomes

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1935-1941

  Goetzinger, Katherine R ^a   Cahill, Alison G ^a   MacOnes, George A ^a   Odibo, Anthony O ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal growth restriction; Preeclampsia; Preterm birth; Short femur length

Indexed keywords

FETAL MONITORING; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; NEONATAL MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMUR LENGTH; FETAL GROWTH RESTRICTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERINATAL OUTCOMES; PREECLAMPSIA; PRETERM BIRTH; SECOND-TRIMESTER SONOGRAPHY;

BONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84871735409     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2012.31.12.1935     Document Type: Article

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