Concordance of three alternative gestational age assessments for pregnant women from four African countries: A secondary analysis of the MIPPAD trial.

BACKGROUND:At times, ultrasound is not readily available in low resource countries in Africa for accurate determination of gestational age, so using alternative methods is pivotal during pregnancy. These assessments are used to aid the risk analysis for an infant and management strategies for premat...

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Main Authors: Samantha Rada, Jutta Gamper, Raquel González, Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma, Smaïla Ouédraogo, Mwaka A Kakolwa, Rella Zoleko-Manego, Esperança Sevene, Abdunoor M Kabanywanyi, Manfred Accrombessi, Valérie Briand, Michel Cot, Anifa Vala, Peter G Kremsner, Salim Abdulla, Achille Massougbodgi, Arsénio Nhacolo, John J Aponte, Eusébio Macete, Clara Menéndez, Michael Ramharter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6078285?pdf=render