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Am J Perinatol 1992; 9(5/06): 467-476
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-999291
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-999291
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
© 1992 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
Sonographic Fetal Growth Curves from an Indigent Population in Atlanta, Georgia: I. Singleton Pregnancies
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Publication Date:
04 March 2008 (online)
ABSTRACT
The sonographic estimation of gestational age relies on standards of normal fetal growth established in highly selective patient populations. The majority have used middle-class, Caucasian gravidas with excellent menstrual dating criteria. These reference populations differ considerably from the indigent patient population in most southern medical centers: menstrual dating is often imprecise and there is a high rate of low birthweight infants delivered. Therefore, we established models of fetal growth in a southern, indigent, predominantly black patient population. We also compare our study to other sonographic studies.