Detection of intrauterine growth retardation based on measurements of size of the liver.
A total of 646 ultrasonic measurements of fetal liver size were made from 18 weeks of gestation through to term. After 29 weeks, size of the liver in the growth-retarded fetuses was significantly small as compared to findings in the control fetuses. The sensitivity and specificity for the detection of growth retardation were 0.86 and 0.89 at 33 weeks, 0.89 and 0.94 at 38 weeks and 0.89 at 40 weeks of gestation. Growth rate of the liver in the growth-retarded fetus was diminished as compared with findings in the control fetus. Also, a method of estimating fetal weight by ultrasonic measurement of the fetal liver size is described.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan.
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Murao
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Iwanari
D001724:Birth Weight; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005325:Fetal Organ Maturity; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000196:embryology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014463:Ultrasonography