head circumference

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head circumference

[′hed sər′kəm·frəns]

(anthropology)

Maximum of three measurements taken above the eyebrows.

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An assortment of customized formulas has been developed for mac rosomia, including one designed for use in diabetes that incorporates AC, head circumference, femur length, and 3D volumes of the thigh and abdomen.

To predict macrosomia, focus on the fetal abdominal circumference

Despite its significance and potential practical utility, little is known concerning the relationship between head circumference and personal stature among adult Sri Lankans, inhabitants of the South Asian country.

Occipito-Frontal Circumference as a Personal Stature Predictor in a Group of Sri Lankan Adults/ Circunferencia Occipito-Frontal como Prediccion de la Estatura en un Grupo de Adultos de Sri Lanka

van der Linden, a pediatric neurologist at the Association for Assistance of Disabled Children in Recife, Brazil, was the lead author of the first report of 13 infants who had laboratory evidence of congenital Zika infection and normal head circumference at birth but who developed poor head growth and microcephaly later in infancy.

Early neuroimaging essential for Zika-exposed neonates

05), head circumference and leaf chlorophyll (P <0.

Growth and yield of lettuce cultivars under organic fertilization and different environments

Key words: Fetal biometry, southern punjab, biparietal diameter, head circumference, femur length, abdominal circumference, amniotic fluid index.

Fetal Biometry in the Population of Southern Punjab, Pakistan

Fetal cerebellar diameter in normal gestation is also highly correlated with fetal growth indices, such as biparietal diameter, head circumference and abdominal circumference5.

DETERMINATION OF MEAN FETAL TRANSCEREBELLAR DIAMETER AS A PREDICTIVE BIOMETRIC PARAMETER IN THIRD TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY IN CORRELATION WITH FETAL GESTATIONAL AGE

macrocephaly or microphallus), or because both a physician diagnosis and anthropometric information necessary to accurately categorize head circumference percentile were missing.

Prevalence and clinical attributes of congenital microcephaly--New York, 2013-2015

Birth weight and head circumference variables were obtained from birth records, and the remaining variables used in our analysis were self-reported.

Incense burning during pregnancy and birth weight and head circumference among term births: the Taiwan Birth Cohort Study

There were only two significant differences between the four categories: diagnostic certainty was positively associated with reported rashes and with smaller head circumferences before taking gestational age into account," wrote Giovanny V A.

Rash, microcephaly not always present with congenital Zika

Maternal and gestational ages, gender, route of delivery, indications for cesarean section, birth weight, head circumference, height, placental weight, Apgar scores at 1st and 5th minutes after birth and length of umbilical cord were noted.

Preterm birth in twin pregnancies: Clinical outcomes and predictive parameters

Head circumference to abdominal circumference ratio more than 2 S.

Role of real time ultrasound and Doppler study of umbilical artery in evaluation of intrauterine growth retardation

Seventy infants had severe microcephaly (Table; Figure 2, panel A) and a mean head circumference of 29 cm.