Three-dimensional sonographic determination of normal fetal mandibular and maxillary size during the second half of pregnancy

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 950-957

  Roelfsema, N M ^a   Hop, W C J ^a   Wladimiroff, J W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fetus; Mandible; Maxilla; Normal development; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL BIOPHYSICAL PROFILE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNATHIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAW; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33845907354     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.3866     Document Type: Article

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