The effect of fetal sex on customized fetal growth charts

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 23, 2016, Pages 3768-3775

  Rizzo, Giuseppe ^a   Prefumo, Federico ^b   Ferrazzi, Enrico ^c   Zanardini, Cristina ^b   Di Martino, Daniela ^c   Boito, Simona ^d   Aiello, Elisa ^a   Ghi, Tullio ^e   Altobelli, G ^f   Arduini, M ^f   Canzone, G ^f   Capece, A ^f   Carboni, E ^f   Cariello, L ^f   Cariati, E ^f   Cetin, I ^f   Chianchiano, N ^f   Clerici, G ^f   D'Addario V ^f   Di Martino, D ^f   Cosmi, E ^f   Giacchello, R ^f   Giancotti, A ^f   Giorgina, M ^f   Maiandi, A ^f   Mandia, L ^f   Maruotti, G ^f   Mazzocco, A ^f   Nicoletti, L ^f   Periti, E ^f   Persico, N ^f   Rossi, A ^f   Stampalija, T ^f   Tenore, A ^f   Todros, T ^f   Visentin, S ^f   Verrotti, C ^f   Viora, E ^f   Volpe, P ^f   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c V BUZZI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Customized growth chart; fetal biometry; gender difference; quantile regression

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LOW RISK POPULATION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARITY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; BIOMETRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; ITALY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BIOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CHARTS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84961215400     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2016.1149565     Document Type: Article

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