Underestimation of gestational age by conventional crown-rump length dating curves.
Inaccuracies in gestational age assignment based on published crown-rump length data were noted in patients with known ovulation dates. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that crown-rump length data derived from pregnancies with known ovulation dates differ from those of menstrually timed pregnancies. Seventy-two previously infertile women with known dates of ovulation had crown-rump length measurements from 35-79 days postovulation. We transformed the data to menstrual age (gestational age) by adding 14 days to the date of ovulation and compared our crown-rump length values with those of two previous reports. At corresponding crown-rump length values, the gestational ages from our data differed from those in the previous studies. We suggest using crown-rump length dating curves based on ovulation-timed pregnancies because crown-rump length data derived from menstrually dated pregnancies underestimate true gestational age.
MacGregor
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Tamura
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Sabbagha
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Minogue
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Gibson
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Hoffman
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D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D010062:Ovulation Induction; D011247:Pregnancy; D014463:Ultrasonography