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Achieving accurate estimates of fetal gestational age and personalised predictions of fetal growth based on data from an international prospective cohort study: a population-based machine learning study

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Background Preterm birth is a major global health challenge, the leading cause of death in children under 5 years of age, and a key measure of a population’s general health and nutritional status. Current clinical methods of estimating fetal gestational age are often inaccurate. For example, between 20 and 30 weeks of gestation, the width of the 95% prediction interval around the actual gestational age is estimated to be 18–36 days, even when the best ultrasound estimates are used. The aims o...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1016/S2589-7500(20)30131-X

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Elsevier Publisher's website
Journal:
The Lancet Digital Health Journal website
Volume:
2
Issue:
7
Pages:
e368-e375
Publication date:
2020-07-01
Acceptance date:
2020-03-15
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2589-7500
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Pubs id:
1115415
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pubs:1115415
Deposit date:
2020-07-03

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