Percentage of maternal abdominal length for detecting accelerated uterine growth from a twin gestation.
Serial measurement of the uterine fundal height (FH) is the clinical parameter used most commonly in the assessment of fetal growth. A comparison of the FH value with its ratio to the symphysioxyphoid distance, or percentage of maternal abdominal length (PMAL), using two reference graphs, showed that the PMAL is a more sensitive parameter than FH alone in detecting accelerated uterine growth secondary to a twin gestation.
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, State University of New York, Brooklyn 11212.
D000005:Abdomen / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D012015:Reference Standards; D014429:Twins, Dizygotic; D014599:Uterus / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology