Open AccessSonographic evaluation of fetal growth: growth rate variability as a function of the interval between examinations.
Author(s) -
Ethan J. Halpern,
Levon N. Nazarian,
Laurence Needleman,
Walter W. Hauck,
Alfred B. Kurtz
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
american journal of roentgenology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1546-3141
pISSN - 0361-803X
DOI - 10.2214/ajr.163.6.7992753
Subject(s) - medicine , biparietal diameter , standard deviation , confidence interval , fetus , gestational age , fetal growth , interval (graph theory) , standard error , pregnancy , obstetrics , nuclear medicine , statistics , mathematics , head circumference , genetics , combinatorics , biology
Fetal growth rates determined on the basis of findings at two separate sonographic examinations can be used to detect growth abnormalities. This article determines the relationship between the length of the interval between examinations and the associated variability in measured fetal growth rates.