The World Health Organization Fetal Growth Charts: A Multinational Longitudinal Study of Ultrasound Biometric Measurements and Estimated Fetal Weight

Kiserud, Torvid; Piaggio, Gilda; Carroli, Guillermo; Widmer, Mariana; Ferreira de Carvalho, José; Neerup Jensen, Lisa; Giordano, Daniel; Guilherme Cecatti, José; Abdel Aleem, Hany; A. Talegawkar, Sameera; Benachi, Alexandra; Diemert, Anke; Tshefu Kitoto, Antoinette; Thinkhamrop, Jadsada; Lumbiganon, Pisake; Tabor, Ann; Kriplani, Alka; González Perez, Rogelio; Hecher, Kurt; A. Hanson, Mark; Metin Gülmezoglu, A; D. Platt, Lawrence

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002220

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The World Health Organization Fetal Growth Charts: A Multinational Longitudinal Study of Ultrasound Biometric Measurements and Estimated Fetal Weight

Published in PLoS Medicine • Jan 24, 2017

Authors:

Torvid Kiserud

Gilda Piaggio

Guillermo Carroli

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Perinatal mortality and morbidity continue to be major global health challenges strongly associated with prematurity and reduced fetal growth, an issue of further interest given the mounting evidence that fetal growth in general is linked to degrees of risk of common noncommunicable dise...

Subject

Biometrics

Fetus

Fetal growth

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