Ultrasonographic Measurement of the Fetal Transverse Cerebellum in utero
Author(s) -
Kohkichi Hata,
Toshiyuki Hata,
Daisaku Senoh,
Ken Makihara,
Showa Aoki,
Osamu Takamiya,
Manabu Kitao
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
gynecologic and obstetric investigation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1423-002X
pISSN - 0378-7346
DOI - 10.1159/000293528
Subject(s) - medicine , gestational age , fetus , gestation , in utero , obstetrics , confidence interval , brachycephaly , pregnancy , anatomy , skull , biology , genetics
Ultrasonographic examinations, done to measure the fetal transverse cerebellar diameter (FCD), were performed in 116 women with regular menstrual cycles, at 17-40 weeks of gestation. FCD correlated well with gestational age (r = 0.96, p less than 0.001). The 95% confidence interval of the linear regression was also given. FCD may be a more useful indicator of the accurate gestational age in case of dolichocephaly or brachycephaly, and facilitate antenatal detection of congenital disorders.
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