title: Effect of parental head circumference on that of the newborn child.
abstract: The head circumferences of 74 term, normal babies were measured, together with the head circumferences of their parents. Maternal head circumference had a significant effect on that of the newborn infant but paternal head circumference had not. An equation is given for estimating the expected head circumference of a newborn infant, provided the birthweight and maternal head circumference are known.
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D002508:Cephalometry; D005260:Female; D006257:Head / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male