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

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

doi:10.1016/0378-3782(77)90015-9

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

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

Authors

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

PMID: 617306
DOI: 10.1016/0378-3782(77)90015-9

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.

MeSH terms

Brain / anatomy & histology*
Brain / embryology
Cephalometry*
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn*
Infant, Small for Gestational Age
Male
Mathematics
Organ Size
Pregnancy