Sonographic imaging of the fetal face and the establishment of normative dimensions for chin length and upper lip width

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 191-194

  Sivan, Eyal ^a   Chan, Linda ^a   Mallozzi Eberle, Angela ^b   Reece, E Albert ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

chin length; face nomogram; Ultrasound; upper lip

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIN; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FACE MALFORMATION; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; UPPER LIP;

EID: 0031004180     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-994125     Document Type: Article

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