Three-dimensional sonographic description of abnormal metopic suture in second- and third-trimester fetuses

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 761-764

  Chaoui, R ^a   Levaillant, J M ^b   Benoit, B ^c   Faro, C ^d   Wegrzyn, P ^d   Nicolaides, K H ^d  

^a Center for Prenatal Diagnosis and Human Genetics   (Germany)

^b Hopital prive Armand Brillard   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER PRINCESSE GRACE   (Monaco)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Fetal syndromes; Frontal bones; Metopic suture; Transparent maximum mode

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; FRONTAL BONE; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; LIP; MANDIBLE; NASAL BONE; ORBIT; PALATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL SUTURE; SUTURE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CRANIAL SUTURES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL DISEASES; FRONTAL BONE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 29144473812     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2650     Document Type: Article

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