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Assessment of fetal biparietal diameter during normal pregnancy by ultrasound in Nigerian women
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb04821.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 91, Issue 7, pages 629–632, July 1984
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OKUPE, R. F., COKER, O. O. and GBAJUMO, S. A. (1984), Assessment of fetal biparietal diameter during normal pregnancy by ultrasound in Nigerian women. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 91: 629–632. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb04821.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Received 16 February 1983 Accepted 10 November 1983
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Summary.
The fetal biparietal diameter (BPD) was measured on 1104 occasions in 552 Nigerian women during normal pregnancy, and the range of BPD values for each week of pregnancy between 12 and 40 weeks was determined. Growth of the BPD in our population showed an asymptotic curve like that of Europeans but our values were slightly higher. The mean weekly increase in the BPD between 13 and 30 weeks gestation was 4.9 mm/week, between 30 and 36 weeks, 3.3 mm/week and between 37 and 40 weeks, 17 mm/week. But there was no significant difference between the BPD measurements of Europeans and Nigerian fetuses except towards term.