Pregnancy dating by fetal crown-rump length: A systematic review of charts

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 556-565

  Napolitano, R ^a   Dhami, J ^a   Ohuma, E ^a   Ioannou, C ^a   Conde Agudelo, A ^b   Kennedy, S ^a,c   Villar, J ^a,c   Papageorghiou, A T ^a,c  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crown rump length; dating chart; gestational age; pregnancy dating; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; METHODOLOGY;

CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH DESIGN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84899411377     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12478     Document Type: Review

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