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Ultrasound methodology used to construct the fetal growth standards in the INTERGROWTH-21st Project

BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY (2013)

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BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY

Volume 120, Issue -, Pages 27-32

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WILEY

DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12313

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Fetal biometry; fetal growth; INTERGROWTH-21st; standards; ultrasound

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Obstetrics & Gynecology

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation [49038]
Oxford Partnership Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre
Department of Health NIHR Biomedical Research Centres funding scheme

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A unified protocol is essential to ensure that fetal ultrasound measurements taken in multicentre research studies are accurate and reproducible. This paper describes the methodology used to take two-dimensional, ultrasound measurements in the longitudinal, fetal growth component of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project. These standardised methods should minimise the systematic errors associated with pooling data from different study sites. They represent a model for carrying out similar research studies in the future.

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