Screening for fetal growth disorders by clinical exam in the era of obesity

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 352-357

  Goetzinger, K R ^a   Tuuli, M G ^a   Odibo, A O ^a   Roehl, K A ^a   MacOnes, G A ^a   Cahill, A G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

body mass index; clinical estimation of fetal weight; fetal growth; fundal height measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH DISORDER; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL MACROSOMIA; FETAL WEIGHT; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84877581938     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2012.130     Document Type: Article

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