Fetal binocular distance. No differences between ethnic groups

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 24-27

  Jacquemyn, Yves ^a   Sys, Stanislas U ^b   Verdonk, Paul ^c  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Binocular distance; Ethnicity; Fetal biometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; ETHNOLOGY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYPERTELORISM; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033922146     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000010273     Document Type: Article

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