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Routine postmortem radiography was done in 234 consecutive perinatal autopsies. Using ossification centre appearance and length of femoral shafts as variable it was a very useful and dependable method for estimating gestational age and intrauterine growth. In this way important conclusions can be drawn as to the reason for intrauterine growth deviations. Also many, sometimes diagnostic, abnormalities can be found.
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de la Fuente, A.A., Dornseiffen, G., van Noort, G. et al. Routine perinatal postmortem radiography in a peripheral pathology laboratory. Vichows Archiv A Pathol Anat 413, 513–519 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00750392
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