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Short femur length associated with severe intrauterine growth retardation
Author(s) -
Bromley Bryann,
Brown Douglas L.,
Benacerraf Beryl R.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
prenatal diagnosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.956
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1097-0223
pISSN - 0197-3851
DOI - 10.1002/pd.1970130605
Subject(s) - growth retardation , biparietal diameter , femur , medicine , fetus , anatomy , pregnancy , gestational age , surgery , biology , genetics , head circumference
Four fetuses with a femur measuring greater than two standard deviations below the mean compared with the biparietal diameter are presented. These four fetuses were subsequently determined to have severe intrauterine growth retardation and no evidence of skeletal dysplasias.