Fetal sex and intrauterine growth patterns

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-43

  Melamed, Nir ^a   Meizner, Israel ^b   Mashiach, Reuven ^b   Wiznitzer, Arnon ^b   Glezerman, Marek ^b   Yogev, Yariv ^b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fetal; Growth; Pattern; Sex

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRICS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BIPARIETAL DIAMETERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FETAL; FETAL WEIGHT ESTIMATION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCES; HEAD MEASUREMENTS; PATTERN; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCES;

GROWTH RATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BIOMETRY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84871756529     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2013.32.1.35     Document Type: Article

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