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Assessment of Gestational Age

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Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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Traditionally estimation of gestational age is based on the menstrual history and the findings of bimanual and abdominal examination. Both of these may be subject to considerable error. Many units now perform ultrasound measurements as a routine in all pregnancies to provide an objective estimate of gestational age.

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  1. Center for Prevention and Early Intervention Policy, The Florida State University, 1118-B Thomasville Road, Tallahassee, Florida, 32303, USA

    Isabel Stabile

  2. Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Physiology, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College, West Smithfield, London, EC1A 7BE, UK

    Tim Chard

  3. Academic Unit of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Royal London Hospital, 4th Floor, Holland Wing, Whitechapel, London, E1 1BB, UK

    Gedis Grudzinskas

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  1. Center for Prevention and Early Intervention Policy, The Florida State University, 1118-B Thomasville Road, Tallahassee, Florida, 32303, USA

    Isabel Stabile

  2. Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Physiology, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College, West Smithfield, London, EC1A 7BE, UK

    Tim Chard

  3. Academic Unit of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Royal London Hospital, 4th Floor, Holland Wing, Whitechapel, London, E1 1BB, UK

    Gedis Grudzinskas

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Stabile, I., Chard, T., Grudzinskas, G. (1996). Assessment of Gestational Age. In: Stabile, I., Chard, T., Grudzinskas, G. (eds) Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3374-2_3

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