Screening for the small-for-dates fetus: a two-stage ultrasonic examination schedule.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Neilson, J.P.; Whitfield, C.R.; Aitchison, T.C.
- Source
- British Medical Journal. 5/17/1980, Vol. 280 Issue 6225, p1203. 4p. 2 Diagrams, 1 Chart, 3 Graphs.
- Subject
- *FETUS
*DWARFISM
- Language
- ISSN
- 0007-1447
Examines the efficacy of a routine screening method for small-for-dates fetuses participating in a two-stage ultrasonic examination schedule. Details of the examination; Consideration of fetal head measurements as sensitive indicators of growth retardation; Evolution of strategies for the detection of intrauterine growth retardation.