title: A comparison of early fetal growth curves.
abstract: The curves of the growth of the maximum fetal diameter and the biparietal diameter before 20 weeks of gestation, measured by ultrasound and derived from a New Zealand population, are presented. They are compared with other published growth curves and reveal that in the New Zealand population there is a greater variation from the mean. In the case of the maximum fetal diameter there is a significantly lower mean after 10 weeks of gestation.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000502:physiology*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand; D011247:Pregnancy; D014463:Ultrasonography