Head circumference from birth to five years in France: New national reference charts and comparison to WHO standards

• Main Authors: Manon Bergerat (Author), Barbara Heude (Author), Marion Taine (Author), Sylvie Nguyen The Tich (Author), Andreas Werner (Author), Bruno Frandji (Author), Thomas Blauwblomme (Author), Dorin Sumanaru (Author), Marie-Aline Charles (Author), Martin Chalumeau (Author), Pauline Scherdel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The monitoring of head circumference (HC) is essential to early detect any conditions affecting its growth in early childhood. A positive secular trend and regional specificities in HC suggested the need to provide updated national HC reference growth charts. Methods: We extracted all gr...