title: Assessment of gestational age: a simplified scoring system.
abstract: Because of the disadvantages of the Dubowitz score in very ill preterms, an alternative score based on 7 morphological items was designed, and the results are compared to those of the Dubowitz score in 229 newborns. This scoring system proved to be reliable and easy to perform; standard deviation was +/- 10.2 days versus 9.7 days for the Dubowitz score.
mesh_terms: D001699:Biometry; D001940:Breast / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D004431:Ear, External / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000098:blood supply; D009262:Nails / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D012867:Skin / Q000033:anatomy & histology