title: [Fetal growth and repeated measurement of the thoracic circumference. 1. Are measurements of the thoracic circumference made in the beginning of the third trimester of pregnancy useful?].
abstract: When repeated measurements of the circumference of the thorax of the fetus were carried out systematically the author could show from the beginning of the third trimester of the pregnancy that there was a close correlation between this measurement and the birth weight so that slow-for-dates growth could be detected very early.
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods*; D001724:Birth Weight; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000175:diagnosis; D005333:Fetus / Q000502:physiology*; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D013909:Thorax / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Croissance foetale et mesures répétées du périmètre thoracique. 1. Les mesures du périmètre thoracique effectuées au début du troisième trimestre de la grossesse sont-elles utiles?