Morphometric analysis of facial landmark data to characterize the facial phenotype associated with fetal alcohol syndrome

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-220

  Mutsvangwa, Tinashe ^a   Douglas, Tania S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Facial shape analysis; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Hypoplasia; Morphometrics; Photogrammetry; Principal component analysis; Procrustes

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MIDFACE HYPOPLASIA; MORPHOMETRICS; PALPEBRAL FISSURE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PHILTRUM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY; UPPER LIP;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACE; FACIES; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846485635     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2006.00683.x     Document Type: Article

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