Revisiting head circumference of Brazilian newborns in public and private maternity hospitals

ABSTRACT Objective To revisit the head circumference (HC) of newborns in public and private maternity hospitals; to correlate our findings with the gestational age, gender, and type of delivery; and build and validate graphs and curves. Methods This was a prospective study performed on healthy n...

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Main Authors: Maria do Socorro Teixeira Amorim, Aurea Nogueira de Melo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2017000600372&lng=en&tlng=en