Should a first trimester dating scan be routine for all pregnancies?

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 307-309

  Doubilet, Peter M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

First trimester; Gestational age; Last menstrual period; Second trimester; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MONITORING; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREDICTION; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

FIRST TRIMESTER; GESTATIONAL AGE; LAST MENSTRUAL PERIOD; SECOND TRIMESTER; ULTRASOUND;

FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84886376449     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: 1558075X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2013.06.006     Document Type: Review

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