These charts or standards including  those of fetal growth were published last September by J Villar et al. in a special number of The Lancet 2014; 384(9946): 857- 68. These articles and the charts can be freely obtained from  www.intergrowth21.org .

Figure: The 3rd, 10th, 50th, 90th, and 97th smoothed centile curves for (A) birthweight, (B) birth length, and (C) head circumference according to gestational age.

 
This figure is part of an important article published in the  latest issue of IPA NL with the title "Being born stunted and/or wasted need not be inevitable" by Jane Hirst et al.

- Posted By IPA Admin Office on Date (MM/DD/YYYY) : 01/13/2015

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