To investigate the effect of intrauterine positions on fetal growth throughout gestation, data from a total of 65 gilts (n = 784 fetuses) that were slaughtered at assigned days of gestation (d 43, 58, 73, 91, 101, and 108) on a project to evaluate fetal mineral deposition were used. Placenta units were removed from the uterus, and position, sex, weight, and crown-rump length (CRL) of each fetus...

In view of the importance now attached to the care of the premature infant, it is highly desirable that stock should be taken of the definitions and classifications in general use, and that the possibility of their improvement should be frequently reviewed. Whilst it is generally recognized that the prospects of survival depend to a much greater extent on functional maturity, e.g. of respiratio...

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study was to obtain precise knowledge of fetal biometric measurements, in particular crown-rump length (CRL). Our results have been carefully compared to equations found in the literature. MATERIALS AND METHODS Single-operator measurements of 2,123 spontaneous pregnancies from a general French population provided new statistical relationships between fetal age...

A study was conducted to determine the interdependence among conformation traits of 178 West African Dwarf sheep and predict body weight from their independent scores using principal components analysis. Body nine morphostructural traits: height at withers, length, heart girth, rump height, hip width, chest depth, fore canon bone tail ear length were measured. Phenotypic correlation coefficient...

BACKGROUND Human fetal kidney is quite different from the mature kidney, both macroscopically and hystologically. Lobulated surface of the human fetal kidney reflects its inner organisation. AIM To determine the fetal kidneys' volume according to the gestational age, to establish periods of their maximal and minimal growth and to compare these values for various gestational ages. METHODS Fo...

BACKGROUND To investigate normal reference values of nuchal translucency (NT) thickness in normal Taiwanese fetuses between 11 and 14 weeks of gestation. METHODS A prospective study of ultrasound measurements of fetal NT and crown-rump length (CRL) at 11-14 weeks of gestation was conducted in 724 consecutive Taiwanese fetuses between 1998 and 2001. The relationship between NT and 5-mm interva...