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Sex difference in fetal head growth
Article first published online: 19 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1988.tb06863.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 95, Issue 3, pages 238–242, March 1988
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MOORE, W. M. O., WARD, B. S., JONES, V. P. and BAMFORD, F. N. (1988), Sex difference in fetal head growth. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 95: 238–242. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1988.tb06863.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 19 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 19 AUG 2005
- Received 12 February 1987 Accepted 20 August 1987
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Summary. 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 mean growth curves were produced for males and females. The head growth trajectories of males and females were significantly different. The study illustrates why the practice of dating pregnancies by ultrasonic fetal BPD measurement at about 16 weeks gestation can lead to error.