Over 24 years, following a mixed-longitudinal growth research design, 2,327 head circumference ... such as microcephaly, intellectual disability, growth retardation, and delayed neurodevelopment can ...

and the association between ocular alterations and head circumference, in addition to a review of the literature on the subject. We analyzed, by means of a medical chart, 20 newborn patients with ...

During the ultrasound, measurements will be taken of your baby’s head and plotted on a chart ... progresses. If microcephaly hasn’t been diagnosed prenatally, it’s usually diagnosed from the ...

“Furthermore, medical conditions associated with microcephaly may not be ... in Nunavut to create population-specific head circumference growth charts that can be used along with the WHO head ...

Inuit children in Nunavut, Canada, are being overdiagnosed for macrocephaly and underdiagnosed for microcephaly ... head circumferences of Inuit children in Nunavut with WHO head circumference ...

How Does a Baby Get Microcephaly ... will measure around the widest part of your child's head. The number is then marked on a growth chart. Doing this tells the doctor how your child's head ...

Finally, gender specific charts can also improve diagnostic accuracy ... showing that the only prenatal sign of severe postnatal familial microcephaly was deceleration of head circumference growth at ...

There is an emerging field of research investigating the association between head circumference ... on the WHO HC chart (10) by the treating physician. Measurements for HC were categorised according ...

While the defining feature of microcephaly is decreased head circumference, the condition has other effects on health that can limit quality of life and impair development. The effects of ...

Doctors found the fetus after the child showed delayed motor skill development, an enlarged head circumference and a buildup of fluid in the brain. The report, published Dec. 12, 2022, in the ...