Metopic suture in fetuses with Apert syndrome at 22-27 weeks of gestation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-33

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

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER PRINCESSE GRACE   (Monaco)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Apert syndrome; Coronal suture; Craniosynostosis; Metopic suture

Indexed keywords

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FRONTAL BONE; FRONTAL BOSSING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METOPIC SUTURE; NOSE MALFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SKULL MALFORMATION; SKULL SUTURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRANIAL SUTURES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; SKULL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 31144439049     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2648     Document Type: Article

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