Estimation of gestational age in early pregnancy from crown-rump length when gestational age range is truncated: The case study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ohuma, Eric O ^a,b   Papageorghiou, Aris T ^a   Villar, Jose ^a   Altman, Douglas G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crown rump length; Extrapolation; Gestational age; INTERGROWTH 21st project; Inversion; Restriction; Simulation; Truncation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE; ARTICLE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84889024812     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-151     Document Type: Article

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