International standards for early fetal size and pregnancy dating based on ultrasound measurement of crown-rump length in the first trimester of pregnancy

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 641-648

  Papageorghiou, A T ^a   Kennedy, S H ^a   Salomon, L J ^b   Ohuma, E O ^a   Ismail, L Cheikh ^a   Barros, F C ^c,d   Lambert, A ^a   Carvalho, M ^e   Jaffer, Y A ^f   Bertino, E ^g   Gravett, M G ^h   Altman, D G ^a   Purwar, M ⁱ   Noble, J A ^j   Pang, R ^k   Victora, C G ^d   Bhutta, Z A ^e,l   Villar, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^e AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^f MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ Nagpur INTERGROWTH 21st Research Centre Ketkar Hospital   (India)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^k PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^l HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Crown rump length; Dating; Gestational age; Global health; Growth; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CHARTS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84914107076     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.13448     Document Type: Article

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