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Descriptor English: Crown-Rump Length
Descriptor Spanish: Largo Cráneo-Cadera
Descriptor longitud corona-nalgas
Scope note: Medida fetal que corresponde a la altura del feto sentado (del cráneo a las nalgas). Se considera que la longitud es un criterio más fiable de la edad del feto que el peso. La longitud corona-nalgas promedio del feto a término es de 36 cm. (Traducción libre del original: Williams Obstetrics, 18th ed, p91)
Descriptor Portuguese: Estatura Cabeça-Cóccix
Descriptor French: Longueur vertex-coccyx
Entry term(s): Crown Rump Length
Crown-Rump Lengths
Length, Crown-Rump
Lengths, Crown-Rump
Tree number(s): E01.370.600.115.100.160.100.500
E01.370.600.115.450.250.500
E05.041.124.160.500.500
G07.100.100.160.100.500
G07.100.100.250
G07.100.175.250.500
N06.850.505.200.100.400
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018568
Scope note: In utero measurement corresponding to the sitting height (crown to rump) of the fetus. Length is considered a more accurate criterion of the age of the fetus than is the weight. The average crown-rump length of the fetus at term is 36 cm. (From Williams Obstetrics, 18th ed, p91)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Public MeSH Note: 95
History Note: 95
DeCS ID: 32294
Unique ID: D018568
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/04/19
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Crown-Rump Length - Preferred
Concept UI M0027833
Scope note In utero measurement corresponding to the sitting height (crown to rump) of the fetus. Length is considered a more accurate criterion of the age of the fetus than is the weight. The average crown-rump length of the fetus at term is 36 cm. (From Williams Obstetrics, 18th ed, p91)
Preferred term Crown-Rump Length
Entry term(s) Crown Rump Length
Crown-Rump Lengths
Length, Crown-Rump
Lengths, Crown-Rump



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