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Laryngeal growth in infancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

I. Sellars  and
E. N. Keen
I. Sellars
Affiliation:
Cape Town, South Africa
E. N. Keen
Affiliation:
Cape Town, South Africa
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Abstract

Growth of the cricoid ring in infants is studied. In the first two weeks of life a small ring seems correlated with the fact of early infant death. Therefore we suggest that mortuary specimens at this age are not a reliable guide to the size of the cricoid in thriving infants.

Rates of growth from ages of two weeks to three years are given for the specimens examined. Comparison with similar measurements carried out in England show that the specimens collected here were systematically smaller for a given age.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 104 , Issue 8 , August 1990 , pp. 622 - 625
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1990

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