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Feld, Katharina ORCID: 0000-0003-2699-2741, Bonni, Marcel, Koerber, Friederike, Eifinger, Frank and Banaschak, Sibylle (2020). Post-mortem estimation of gestational age and maturation of new-borns by CT examination of clavicle length, femoral length and femoral bone nuclei. Forensic Sci.Int., 314. CLARE: ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD. ISSN 1872-6283

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Abstract

Various parameters can be used for the estimation of gestational age and maturity with arising challenges in the assessment of decomposed bodies. In order to assess gestational age and thus maturity, the study measured the femoral length, the diameter of the distal femoral epiphysis and the presence of the proximal tibial epiphysis compared to a known clavicle length. The resulting gestational ages were compared and statistically evaluated. As a result, discrepancies between the estimated gestational ages became apparent in some cases when comparing the individual structures to be measured. However, there was a clear tendency towards a lower gestational age calculated based on clavicle length and a higher gestational age calculated based on femoral length and distal femoral epiphysis. With regard to the assessment of maturity, it has been concluded that, if the proximal tibial epiphysis is present, maturity can also be assumed based on the diameter of the distal femoral epiphysis and the length of the femur. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Feld, Katharina UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-2699-2741 UNSPECIFIED Bonni, Marcel UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Koerber, Friederike UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Eifinger, Frank UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Banaschak, Sibylle UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-321008
DOI:	10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110391
Journal or Publication Title:	Forensic Sci.Int.
Volume:	314
Date:	2020
Publisher:	ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
Place of Publication:	CLARE
ISSN:	1872-6283
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language FETAL AGE; CIRCUMFERENCE; MATURITY; HEAD Multiple languages Medicine, Legal Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/32100