Defining Abnormal Fetal Growth and Perinatal Risk: Population or Customized Standards?

PLoS Med. 2017 Jan 31;14(1):e1002229. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002229. eCollection 2017 Jan.

Authors

Sarah J Stock^{1

2}, Jenny Myers³

Affiliations

¹ Tommy's Centre for Maternal and Fetal Health, MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh Queen's Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
² School of Women's and Infant's Health, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
³ Maternal & Fetal Health Research Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Abstract

In January's Guest Editorial, Sarah Stock and Jenny Myers discuss approaches to fetal and neonatal growth assessment.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Female
Fetal Development*
Fetal Growth Retardation*
Fetus
Humans
Pregnancy
Reference Standards

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