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. 1977 Oct;1(2):145-9.
doi: 10.1016/0378-3782(77)90015-9.

Head circumference as an index of brain weight in the fetus and newborn

R W Cooke, A Lucas, P L Yudkin, J Pryse-Davies

Head circumference as an index of brain weight in the fetus and newborn

R W Cooke et al. Early Hum Dev. 1977 Oct.

Abstract

Postmortem brain weight and head circumference were measured in 485 fetuses and newborn infants. A cubic relationship was demonstrated between these two variables in normal infants. Statistically, a significantly larger brain weight for a given head circumference was found in small-for-gestational-age infants.

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