title: The relationship of placental grade to fetal size and growth at term.
abstract: Among 246 term patients undergoing ultrasonic evaluation within 1 week of delivery, a grade-three placenta was found in 39.4%. Advanced placental maturity was not associated with altered fetal growth rates or an increase in small- or large-for-gestational infants. At term, advanced placental maturity is not associated with aberrant fetal growth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics with Gynecology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans 70112.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Kissling
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Gabert
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005260:Female; D005323:Fetal Monitoring; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010920:Placenta / Q000502:physiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014463:Ultrasonography