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Body Weight, Length and Head Circumference at Birth in a Cohort of Turkish Newborns
Author(s) -
Selim Kurtoğlu,
Nihal Hatipoğlu,
M. Mümtaz Mazıcıoğlu,
Mustafa Ali Akın,
Dilek Çoban,
Sonay Gökoğlu,
Osman Baştuğ
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.566
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1308-5735
pISSN - 1308-5727
DOI - 10.4274/jcrpe.693
Subject(s) - medicine , gestational age , percentile , anthropometry , birth weight , obstetrics , turkish , pediatrics , intrauterine growth restriction , cohort , gestation , pregnancy , statistics , linguistics , mathematics , genetics , philosophy , biology
Intrauterine growth references are primarily useful indicators in the assessment of the general health status of newborn infants. Although Lubchenco's references are still used in many neonatal care units, we believe that there is a need for up-to-date intrauterine growth references specific for different populations. To develop gestational age-and gender-specific national references for birth weight, birth length and head circumference.

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