BACKGROUND Preeclampsia is associated with fetal growth restriction and low birth weights. Neurotrophins, which mediate neuronal growth and development, are also increased in the placenta and cord blood in preeclampsia. Hence, the aim of this study was to determine whether fetal head growth is altered in preeclampsia, adjusting for growth restriction and other confounding variables. METHODS T...

objective: this study aimed to compare newborns anthropometric indices of housewives and employed women. materials and methods: this case control study compared newborns’ anthropometric indices (weight, length, head circumference) and first minute apgar between working women and housewives. two hundred consecutive term pregnant women during active phase of labor without any pregnancy complicati...

PURPOSE To determine whether poor fetal growth, as determined by size at birth, is associated with increased risk of age-related macular degeneration. METHODS A total of 660 men and women born in Sheffield, United Kingdom, between 1922 and 1930 and whose size at birth was available were traced and invited to take part in the study. Of these, 392 attended for ophthalmic examination. Age-relate...

To investigate at what age hydrocephalus is detected and to assess the role of head circumference measurements in detecting hydrocephalus, we performed a retrospective chart review in children with hydrocephalus treated in a tertiary paediatric hospital in the Netherlands. The study group contained 146 patients; 38 patients (31%) were referred because of abnormalities in head circumference. Eig...

introduction: central nervous system develops during the first years of life. millions of synapses form among nervous cells before two years of age. the present research was performed to assess the effects of mothers’ training about complementary feeding and developmental skills on growth and development of 5-7 month infants referring to health centers in city of shiraz in southwest of iran. me...

INTRODUCTION Measuring head circumference and plotting it in centile charts is a routine practice in paediatrics. However if wrong charts are used, serious misinterpretations can ensue. OBJECTIVES This study was carried out to ascertain the appropriateness of charts used in Sri Lanka. Out of a birth cohort of 2215 children, 250 from each sex were invited for a follow up study. Head circumfere...

Investigators from Universities of Glasgow and Bristol, UK, determined the value of head circumference (HC) as a screening measure, the incidence of head centile shifting, and the relationship between extremes of head size and later neurodevelopmental problems.