Biometry of face and brain in fetuses with trisomy 21

Pediatric Research

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-38

  Guihard Costa, Anne Marie ^a,c   Khung, Suonavy ^b   Delbecque, Kathy ^b   Ménez, Françoise ^b   Delezoide, Anne Lise ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOMETRY; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; BODY WEIGHT; BRACHYCEPHALY; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DOWN SYNDROME; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LEFT HEMISPHERE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SKULL; TRISOMY 21; BRAIN; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

BIOMETRY; BRAIN; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FETUS; HUMANS; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 33644820338     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.pdr.0000190580.88391.9a     Document Type: Article

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