title: Fetal transverse cerebellar diameter in Thai population.
abstract: We developed a nomogram for transverse cerebellar diameter (TCD) in Thai fetuses by recruitment of 153 normal pregnant women in the first trimester. The gestational age calculated by the certain last menstrual period and the first trimester ultrasound were in agreement. The pregnant women were stratified into 4 groups and scanned at four weekly intervals: group A was first scanned at 14 weeks, group B at 15 weeks, group C at 16 weeks, and group D at 17 weeks. A total of 699 measurements from 14 to 40 weeks of gestation were obtained. The data were analyzed for mean and standard deviation; and the best fit mathematical model was derived. The TCD grew progressively along gestational age. The growth rate was slightly less than that of a Western study after 28 weeks of gestation. This could serve as the basis for gestational dating in fetuses with aberrant fetal growth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Uerpairojkit
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Charoenvidhya
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Manotaya
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanawattanachareon
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wacharaprechanont
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tannirandorn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology*; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006257:Head / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012016:Reference Values; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013785:Thailand; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal