Ultrasound methodology used to construct the fetal growth standards in the INTERGROWTH-21st Project

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 120, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2013, Pages 27-32

  Papageorghiou, A T ^a   Sarris, I ^a   Ioannou, C ^a   Todros, T ^b   Carvalho, M ^c   Pilu, G ^d   Salomon, L J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Fetal biometry

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL BIOMETRY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; INTERGROWTH-21ST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; STANDARD; STANDARDS; ULTRASOUND;

FETAL BIOMETRY; FETAL GROWTH; INTERGROWTH-21ST; STANDARDS; ULTRASOUND;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CHARTS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH DESIGN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84886950495     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12313     Document Type: Article

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