Estimation of gestational age from hand and foot length
Kumar, G.P.; Kumar, U.K.
Medicine Science and the Law 34(1): 48-50
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-8024 PMID: 8159071 DOI: 10.1177/002580249403400106Document Number: 575858
Abortion, foeticide and infanticide have been practised from time immemorial by both primitive and civilized societies. Establishing the precise duration of gestation is an important point in the total medical evidentiary picture of infanticide. In this study, an attempt has been made to establish the gestational age of the foetus using foot and hand length. This study will be of help in establishing the gestational age when the foetus is fragmented. Results obtained were significant in establishing the gestational age.