Craniofacial variability index in utero: A three-dimensional ultrasound study

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 258-264

  Roelfsema, N M ^a   Hop, W C J ^a   Van Adrichem, L N A ^a   Wladimiroff, J W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Craniofacial variability index; Fetus; Pattern profile analysis; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL VARIBILITY INDEX; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FACE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33947402660     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.3904     Document Type: Article

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