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Am J Perinatol 1987; 4(2): 86-89
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-999745
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© 1987 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Recognition of the Overgrown Fetus: In Utero Ponderal Indices

Joseph M. Miller Jr. , Frederick A. Korndorffer III , Grace E. Kissling, Haywood L. Brown, Harvey A. Gabert
  • Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Biometry and Genetics, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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04 March 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

In a cross-sectional study of 210 pregnancies resulting in above-average-sized term infants, ponderal and ponderal-like indices were found to be highly correlative with fetal overgrowth. Clinical usefulness, however, is limited because for each index, most large-for-gestational age infants remain unidentified.