Comparison of the ability of alternative birthweight and fetal weight standards to identify preterm newborns at increased risk of perinatal death

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1456-1465

  Ferdynus, C ^a,b   Quantin, C ^c,d   Abrahamowicz, M ^e,f   Burguet, A ^a,c,g   Sagot, P ^a,c   Gouyon, J B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b Service de Biostatistiques   (France)

^c DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Institut Médical de Génétique et d Immunologie   (France)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f Centre d'Etudes Périnatales de l'Océan Indien   (France)

^g INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Birthweight; fetal growth; growth standard; in hospital death; intrauterine growth restriction; small for gestational age; stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; FRANCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN DEATH; PERINATAL DEATH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STANDARD; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84885956493     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12282     Document Type: Article

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