Sonographic assessment of the fetal palpebral fissure slant - An additional tool in the prenatal diagnosis of syndromes

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 323-326

  Mielke, Gunther ^a,c   Dietz, Klaus ^a   Franz, Heiko ^a   Reiss, Irwin ^b   Gembruch, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fetal eye; Fetal eyelid; Palpebral fissure slant; Prenatal diagnosis; Syndromes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; DOWN SYNDROME; DOWNWARD PALPEBRAL SLANT; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECKEL SYNDROME; SKULL; UPWARD PALPEBRAL SLANT;

CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; EYE; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030999221     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199704)17:4<323::AID-PD66>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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