title: Fetal growth retardation in the second trimester.
abstract: Growth of the fetal head was assessed by serial ultrasonic measurements in a prospective study of a randomly selected group of 126 mothers. Three cases exhibiting second trimester fetal head growth retardation with varying degrees of catch-up growth before term are illustrated.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011446:Prospective Studies