Head Circumference As an Index of Brain Weight in the Fetus and Newborn

Overview

Journal Early Hum Dev

Publisher Elsevier

Specialties Gynecology & Obstetrics
Pediatrics
Reproductive Medicine

Date 1977 Oct 1

PMID 617306

Citations 53

Authors

R W Cooke

A Lucas

P L Yudkin

J PRYSE-DAVIES

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Abstract

Postmortem brain weight and head circumference were measured in 485 fetuses and newborn infants. A cubic relationship was demonstrated between these two variables in normal infants. Statistically, a significantly larger brain weight for a given head circumference was found in small-for-gestational-age infants.

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