Assessment of fetal growth by customized growth charts

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 149-155

  Gaillard, Romy ^a   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biometry; Customized fetal growth curves; Ethnicity; Fetal weight; Maternal anthropometrics; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CUSTOMIZED GROWTH CHART; ETHNICITY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; SEX;

EID: 84912121154     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: 14219697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000361055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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