Head Circumference of Babies at Birth in Nigeria

SUPINE LENGTH, WEIGHT AND HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE OF NEONATES AT BIRTH IN URBAN AREAS OF ARAK AND FACTORS AFFECTING THEM

Head circumference alone at birth, is it practical?

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Calf circumference as a predictor of low birth weight babies.

To identify an inexpensive, reliable predictor of low birth weight capable of being utilized by untrained personnel, anthropometric measures were performed on 1600 newborns in Kanpur, India. This analysis indicated that, for a birth weight of 2500 g, the critical limit of calf circumference was 10.8 cm or less. Critical limits for crown-heel length, head circumference, chest circumference, mi...

Length and Head Circumference at Birth: Associations with Birth Outcome and Morbidity in Macrosomic Finnish Infants

Head circumference in Iranian infants

Introduction: Head circumference (HC) measurement is one of the important parameter for diagnosis of neurological, developmental disorders and dysmorphic syndromes. Recognition of different disorders requires an understanding of normal variation for HC size, in particular, in infancy period with most rapid growth of the brain. Because of international and interracial standard chart differences ...