title: [Increase in the pace of the growth of the human fetus towards the end of pregnancy].
abstract: Growth velocity curves of 19 biometrical parameters were established from 490 normal fetuses or neonates, who died in the perinatal period, and from 4,507 ultrasound examinations. There was a velocity fall for numerous parameters during the third trimester of gestation, but growth rate started up again after 38 weeks for some of them (femur length, biparietal diameter, crown-rump length, head circumference ...). No acceleration was found for body weight and crown-heel length by the end of gestation.
authors.affiliation: U.R.A. n 49 du C.N.R.S. Collège de France et Laboratoire d'Anthropologie, Paris.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Guihard-Costa
mesh_terms: D001699:Biometry; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D010294:Parietal Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third / Q000502:physiology*; D012886:Skull / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Reprise de la croissance chez le foetus humain en fin de gestation.