Determination of Gestational Age by Ultrasound

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 171-181

  Butt, Kimberly ^a   Lim, Ken ^a   Bly, Stephen ^a   Cargill, Yvonne ^a   Davies, Greg ^a   Denis, Nanette ^a   Hazlitt, Gail ^a   Morin, Lucie ^a   Ouellet, Annie ^a   Salem, Shia ^b  

^a NONE   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dating; Gestational age; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BIOMETRY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DISEASE REGISTRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FETUS MATURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL SCREENING; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRANSABDOMINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; YOLK SAC; ANTHROPOMETRY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; MEDLINE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; ULTRASOUND;

DATING; GESTATIONAL AGE; ULTRASOUND;

ANTHROPOMETRY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MEDLINE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOLK SAC;

EID: 84899148883     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(15)30664-2     Document Type: Article

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