Friday 5 September 2014

Standardization for Growth of Developing Babies and Size of Newborns

A global team led by scientists from Oxford University have developed the first international standards for fetal growth and newborn size. The standards depict the desirable pattern of healthy growth for all babies everywhere, regardless of their ethnicity or country of birth. They provide 3rd, 10th, 50th, 90th and 97th centile curves for the growth of a baby during pregnancy (as measured by ultrasound) and for a baby's size at birth according to gestational age ...

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