Prediction of microcephaly at birth using three reference ranges for fetal head circumference: Can we improve prenatal diagnosis?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 586-592

  Leibovitz, Z ^a,b   Daniel Spiegel, E ^c   Malinger, G ^d,e   Haratz, K ^b   Tamarkin, M ^b   Gindes, L ^b   Schreiber, L ^b   Ben Sira, L ^f   Lev, D ^b   Shapiro, I ^a   Bakry, H ^a   Weizman, B ^a   Zreik, A ^a   Egenburg, S ^a   Arad, A ^a   Tepper, R ^g   Kidron, D ^g   Lerman Sagie, T ^b  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^g MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

fetal microcephaly; head circumference; prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MICROCEPHALY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MEDICAL OVERUSE; MICROCEPHALY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84965071549     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.15801     Document Type: Article

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