Ultrasonographic dating of pregnancy causes significant errors in Down syndrome risk assessment that may be minimized by use of biparietal diameter

Ultrasonographic dating of pregnancy causes significant errors in Down syndrome risk assessment that may be minimized by use of biparietal diameter—based means

Published:1992-03 Issue:3 Volume:166 Page:872-877
ISSN:0002-9378
Container-title:American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
language:en
Short-container-title:American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Author:

Reynolds Timothy M.,Penney Michael D.,Hughes Howard

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Subject

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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