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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 67 |
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Comment on fetal gestational age determination using ultrasound placental thickness
Rujittika Mungmunpuntipantip1, Viroj Wiwanitkit2
1 Private Academic Consultant, Bangkok, Thailand
2 Department of Community Medicine, Dr. DY Patil University, Pune, Maharashtra, India
| Date of Submission | 04-Oct-2021 |
| Date of Acceptance | 22-Nov-2021 |
| Date of Web Publication | 23-Mar-2022 |
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Rujittika Mungmunpuntipantip
Private Academic Consultant, Bangkok
Thailand
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/jmu.jmu_187_21
How to cite this article:
Mungmunpuntipantip R, Wiwanitkit V. Comment on fetal gestational age determination using ultrasound placental thickness. J Med Ultrasound 2022;30:67 |
How to cite this URL:
Mungmunpuntipantip R, Wiwanitkit V. Comment on fetal gestational age determination using ultrasound placental thickness. J Med Ultrasound [serial online] 2022 [cited 2022 May 28];30:67. Available from: http://www.jmuonline.org/text.asp?2022/30/1/67/340601 |
Dear Editor,
We would like to share ideas on “Fetal gestational age determination using ultrasound placental thickness (PT).[1]” Azagidi et al. concluded that “ PT has a linear relationship with GA, fetal growth parameters, and EFW and it can be used along with other fetal growth parameters to increase the …. the subject is not sure of or does not know her LMP.[1]” We agree that the ultrasound placental thickness might be useful for estimating fetal gestational age. However, it still requires a good history of mother. In the area where the thalassemia/hemoglobinopathy is highly prevalent, the interpretation of PT has to be very careful since abnormal PT is a common clinical feature of ones with those inherited disorders.[2],[3]
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| 1. | Azagidi AS, Ibitoye BO, Makinde ON, Idowu BM, Aderibigbe AS. Fetal gestational age determination using ultrasound placental thickness. J Med Ultrasound 2020;28:17-23.  [Full text] |
| 2. | Leung KY, Cheong KB, Lee CP, Chan V, Lam YH, Tang M. Ultrasonographic prediction of homozygous alpha0-thalassemia using placental thickness, fetal cardiothoracic ratio and middle cerebral artery Doppler: Alone or in combination? Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2010;35:149-54. |
| 3. | Li X, Zhou Q, Zhang M, Tian X, Zhao Y. Share sonographic markers of fetal alpha-thalassemia major. J Ultrasound Med 2015;34:197-206. |
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