Emergence of oropharyngeal, laryngeal and swallowing activity in the developing fetal upper aerodigestive tract: An ultrasound evaluation

Early Human Development

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-87

  Miller, Jeri L ^a   Sonies, Barbara C ^a   Macedonia, Christian ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal development; Fetal respiration; Fetal swallowing; Upper aerodigestive growth

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DE LANGE SYNDROME; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DYSPHAGIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEEDING DISORDER; FETUS; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; INFANT FEEDING; INGESTION; JAW MOVEMENT; LARYNX; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIP; MOUTH; OROPHARYNX; RISK FACTOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUCKING; SWALLOWING; TONGUE; TRISOMY 18;

ADULT; DEGLUTITION; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LARYNX; MATERNAL AGE; MOUTH; OROPHARYNX; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0037291325     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(02)00110-X     Document Type: Article

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