Sex difference in fetal head growth
- 1 March 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 95 (3) , 238-242
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1988.tb06863.x
Abstract
Growth of the fetal biparietal diameter (BPD) throughout the second and third trimesters was measured in a prospective longitudinal study. Linear-cubic equations were fitted to the data of individual fetuses and from these equations man growth curves were produced for males and females. The head growth trajectories of males and females were significantly different. The study illustrates whey the practice of dating pregnancies by ultrasonic fetal BPD measurement at about 16 weeks gestation can lead to error.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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