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Reply to Comments on Fetal Gestational Age Determination using Ultrasound Placental Thickness.

Bukunmi Michael Idowu1.   

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Year:  2022        PMID: 35465589      PMCID: PMC9030360          DOI: 10.4103/jmu.jmu_199_21

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Med Ultrasound        ISSN: 0929-6441


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Dear Editor, We agree with the comments of Dr. Abdin Elshikh on our article titled “Fetal Gestational Age Determination using Ultrasound Placental Thickness” which was published[1] in the January–March 2020 issue of the Journal of Medical Ultrasound. Besides thalassemia/hemoglobinopathy mentioned by Dr. Elshikh, other causes of small placenta[2] (hypertensive disease of pregnancy, fetal growth restriction, trisomy 18, dygynic triploidy, intrauterine infection, variations in placenta morphology, etc.) or placentomegaly[3] (maternal anemia, maternal diabetes mellitus, hydrops fetalis, umbilical vein obstruction, placental chorioangioma, placental mesenchymal dysplasia, etc.) could also affect placenta thickness measurements – constituting the limitations of the method. Some of these abnormalities were the part of our exclusion criteria. Unsurprisingly, even the well-established biometric parameters (biparietal diameter, head circumference, abdominal circumference, and femur length) have their limitations.[4] It is noteworthy that thickened placenta is seen in only 0.6%–7.8% of obstetric sonography.[5]

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Review 1.  Fetal biometry: clinical, pathological, and technical considerations.

Authors:  S Degani
Journal:  Obstet Gynecol Surv       Date:  2001-03       Impact factor: 2.347

2.  Fetal Gestational Age Determination using Ultrasound Placental Thickness.

Authors:  Angus Sunday Azagidi; Bolanle Olubunmi Ibitoye; Olufemiwa Niyi Makinde; Bukunmi Michael Idowu; Adeniyi Sunday Aderibigbe
Journal:  J Med Ultrasound       Date:  2019-10-09

Review 3.  Insights into the role of placenta thickness as a predictive marker of perinatal outcome.

Authors:  Xiwen Sun; Jiayu Shen; Liquan Wang
Journal:  J Int Med Res       Date:  2021-02       Impact factor: 1.671

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