Metopic suture in fetuses with holoprosencephaly at 11 + 0 to 13 + 6 weeks of gestation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 162-166

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

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Hopital Princesse Grace de Monaco   (France)

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

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Craniosynostosis; First trimester; Holoprosencephaly; Metopic suture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FRONTAL BONE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RATE; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; METOPIC SUTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL DEVELOPMENT; SKULL SUTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; CRANIAL SUTURES; FEMALE; FETUS; FRONTAL BONE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33646509847     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2632     Document Type: Article

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