title: A new device to measure short-term growth of head circumference in newborn infants.
abstract: We have developed and tested a new instrument to measure the occipitofrontal head circumference of newborn infants more accurately. The intra- and interobserver variability was determined. The results indicate that the head circumference of newborn infants can be measured with an accuracy of 1 mm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, State University Limburg, Academic Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Gerver
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gidding
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van Amstel
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Vles
mesh_terms: D002508:Cephalometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006257:Head / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000254:growth & development; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn