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'''Growth charts''' are essential in [[pediatric pathology]], as normal is age dependent.
'''Growth charts''' are essential in [[pediatric pathology]], as normal is age dependent.


The WHO and CDC produces growth charts.
==WHO and CDC growth charts==
*They are discussed here: [http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/who_charts.htm http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/who_charts.htm].
*They are found here: [http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/clinical_charts.htm http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/clinical_charts.htm].


They are found here: [http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/who_charts.htm http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/who_charts.htm].
==Organ weights==
*Children (0-12 years) - mean weight: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2062747/?page=1 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2062747/?page=1].
*Children (0-12 years) - with percentile cut-points: {{cite journal |author=Shankle WR, Landing BH, Gregg J |title=Normal organ weights of infants and children: graphs of values by age, with confidence intervals |journal=Pediatr Pathol |volume=1 |issue=4 |pages=399–408 |year=1983 |pmid=6687289 |doi= |url=http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/15513818309025871?journalCode=pdp}}
*A comprehensive assortment is in Stocker and Dehner,<ref>{{cite book |author=Stocker, J. Thomas; Dehner, Louis P.  |title=[http://www.amazon.com/Pediatric-Pathology-Set-Thomas-Stocker/dp/0781717744 Pediatric pathology] |publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |location= |year=2001 |pages= {{{1|}}} |edition=2nd |isbn=978-0781717748 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> as discussed in this review: [http://adc.bmj.com/content/68/2/250.4.full.pdf http://adc.bmj.com/content/68/2/250.4.full.pdf].  
 
==See also==
*[[Autopsy]].
*[[Fetal autopsy]].
 
==References==
{{Reflist|1}}


[[Category:Pediatric pathology]]
[[Category:Pediatric pathology]]

Latest revision as of 15:14, 10 March 2011

Growth charts are essential in pediatric pathology, as normal is age dependent.

WHO and CDC growth charts

Organ weights

See also

References

  1. Stocker, J. Thomas; Dehner, Louis P. (2001). Pediatric pathology (2nd ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 978-0781717748.