[Transvaginal ultrasound biometry in early pregnancy--a growth model].
OBJECTIVE
Evaluation of a growth model for the biometric parameters of early pregnancy: Chorionic cavity, yolk sac, amniotic cavity, crown-rump length and biparietal diameter.


METHODS
618 clinically well-dated singleton pregnancies of the first trimester were measured in a prospective cross-sectional study with high-frequency transvaginal ultrasound between 28 and 94 days post menstruation.


RESULTS
Normal curves (5th, 50th, 95th percentiles) for all parameters were established using our growth model. The growth curves of chorionic cavity amniotic cavity, and biparietal diameter showed a linear growth whereas the growth curve of the crown-rump-length represented an exponential curve. Linear growth of the yolk sac was found until 8 weeks of gestation and there was no growth alteration after this time.


CONCLUSIONS
With our growth curves of the first trimester it is possible to monitor the embryonic development with several parameters.
Bahlmann
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Universitäts-Frauenklinik Mainz.
Merz
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Weber
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Wellek
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Engelhardt
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D000886:Anthropometry; D002508:Cephalometry; D018568:Crown-Rump Length; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology*; D019160:Endosonography; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D012016:Reference Values; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal