Is that femur really short? A survey of current and best practice in fetal biometry

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 203-206

  McCarthy, Elizabeth A ^a   Shub, Alexis ^a   Walker, Susan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

aneuploidy; femur; osteochondrodysplasias; quality assurance; reference values; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; FETUS MONITORING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSTETRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOPE OF PRACTICE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMUR; GROWTH CHARTS; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84876287528     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12049     Document Type: Article

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