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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"head circumference"”.
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Relationships of intracranial pressure, cerebrospinal fluid space and head circumference in young children
… (ICP), cerebrospinal fluid space (CSF) and head circumference (HC). The medical records at single institution from 2007 through 2011 inclusive were reviewed to identify 780 patients under 6-year-old who underwent a lumbar puncture for measuring the ICP. Exclusion criteria were as follows; 1) …
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Growth Analysis of Mixed Ancestry Infants Aged 0 – 18 months, South Africa
… between -2 SD and +1 SD for length, weight, and head circumference WHO z-scores; those over 6 months grouped between -1 SD and +2SD. Stunting was more prevalent in infants under six months, and overweight for infants over six months, with a higher prevalence in boys, including wasting. Stunting …
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Outcome Analysis of Helmet Therapy and Counter Positioning for Deformational Plagiocephaly
… and either of two was chosen by each family. Head circumference, cranial asymmetry measures such as diagonal difference, cranial vault asymmetry index, radial symmetry index and ear shift were obtained by 3 dimensional head-surface laser scan at the time of initiation and termination of …
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An Examination of the Broader Autism Phenotype in Simplex and Multiplex Families
… appears to be a familial trait in ASD, head circumference measurements did not differ between multiple-incidence and single-incidence families. However, a positive relationship between head circumference and increased BAP traits was more pronounced in simplex siblings compared to …
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Fetal growth and cardiovascular risk factors in an Australian cohort / Vivienne Moore.
… Birth details (body weight, placental weight, head circumference, chest circumference and length) are abstracted from hospital records. In addition, a follow up of cohort members is undertaken to collect new data pertaining to the two cardiovascular risk factors at 20 years of age. …
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Prenatal Instruction of Breast Feeding Mothers
… visit was to obtain the birth weight, length and head circumference of each infant. During each home visit, the infant was weighed and at the final visit the length and head circumference were again taken. The presence and severity of lactation complications of the mother were assessed. At the …
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A Study of Craniofacial Growth in Infant Heart Transplant Recipients Receiving Cyclosporine
… bone age. Also, longitudinal height, weight, and head circumference data was obtained and compared to standardized growth and development curves. Descriptive statistics was used to summarize the data. Cephalometrically, 86% (N=24), showed minor deviation from mean normative values. Four subjects …
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Mid-upper arm circumference and nutritional risk in macrocephalic pediatric patients
… to determine if the measurement of mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) in pediatric patients with macrocephaly better identifies children at nutritional risk as compared to weight-for-length (WFL) or body mass index (BMI). Methods: A cross-sectional pilot study of children aged 6-36 months with a …
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Psychosocial variance in the outcomes of pediatric HIV
… Adaptive Behavior Composite), and physical (head circumference Z-score) measures were entered as outcomes in regression equations for low-SES samples of HIV-positive children (n = 9), children at risk for HIV who had seroreverted (n = 16), children too young to have conclusive HIV-antibody …
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Maternal, infant and placental size at birth : a study of firstborn, term infants and their mothers in Cape Town
… The birth weight, crown-heel length and head circumference of each infant were measured, the gestational age assessed and the ponderal index of weight to length calculated. In addition the standing height, delivery weight and postdelivery weight of 395 of their mothers were measured and …
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Developmental Differences of children raised in orphanages, adoptive Families and biological families in Lusaka, Zambia
… For physical growth, the weight, height and head circumference indices of physical development were measured.Results: There was an organized distribution of secure and insecure attachment styles in the sample. Only the orphanage group showed disorganized attachment. The orphanage caregivers …
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Developmental Differences of children raised in orphanages, adoptive Families and biological families in Lusaka, Zambia
… For physical growth, the weight, height and head circumference indices of physical development were measured.Results: There was an organized distribution of secure and insecure attachment styles in the sample. Only the orphanage group showed disorganized attachment. The orphanage caregivers …
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Effects of In Vitro Maturation and Fertilization of Cattle Ova on Rate of Twinning in Beef Cattle
… alive from five first-calf heifers. Birthweight, head circumference, perietal, shoulder width, metacarpal length and width, and body length were recorded from the calves within 24 hours of calving in order to determine differences between effects of the sire and sex of the calf. In no case did any …
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Some nutritional considerations of lactose malabsorption in Mexican American children
… obtained for each child, as were height, weight, head circumference, arm circumference and triceps skinfold measurements. Gastrointestinal symptoms were carefully recorded for a 24-hour period following lactase loading. Overall incidence of lactose malabsorption was significantly greater in …
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A Continued Investigation of Craniofacial Growth in Infant Heart Transplant Recipients Receiving Cyclosporine
… bone age. Also, longitudinal height, weight, and head circumference data was obtained and compared to standard NCHS growth and development curves. Longitudinal subjects (returning 1996 study participants) were also evaluated for retrognathic craniofacial growth vector trends via cephalometric …
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A Continued Investigation of Craniofacial Growth in Infant Heart Transplant Recipients Receiving Cyclosporine
… bone age. Also, longitudinal height, weight, and head circumference data was obtained and compared to standard NCHS growth and development curves. Longitudinal subjects (returning 1996, 2001 study participants) were also evaluated for retrognathic craniofacial growth vector trends via …
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The Importance of Breastfeeding for the Health of Children up to 3 Years of Age Born in Families at High Risk for Allergies // Значение на кърменето за здравето на деца до 3 години от семейства с висок риск за алергия
… and neurodevelopment (ND). Weight, height, head circumference and allergic manifestations are monitored at 2, 4, 6 months, at 1 year and at the age over 2 years. The influence of exclusive breastfeeding, the duration of breastfeeding, and the type of milk feeding are also examined on the …
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Kwashiorkor and intellectual development: a ten-year follow-up study
… were similar in terms of height, weight and head circumference. The differences between well-nourished and poorly nourished groups found by previous investigators may be accounted for by the independent operation of non-nutritive variables in the social and emotional environment. The use of …
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Growth, infectious morbidity, and neurodevelopment of HIV-exposed and HIV-unexposed infants in the context of lifelong maternal antiretroviral therapy and breastfeeding: a prospective cohort study
… age: weight-for-age, WAZ; length-for-age, LAZ; head circumference-for-age, HCAZ]; WLHIV provided blood for repeated HIV viral load. At 12 months, the Bayley Scales of Infant Development, 3rd edition (BSID-III) was used to assess neurodevelopment. Findings WLHIV (100% antenatal ART) reported …
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Experimental Analysis of Skull Remodeling and Change in Intracranial Volume with a soft Orthosis in Canine Models
… length significantly each week. We tracked the head size of 14 beagles with an orthosis and 7 beagles without an orthosis, recording the maximum cranial width, length, head circumference and auricular head height. From these measurements, the intracranial volume of each beagle was estimated. All …
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