Frontomaxillary and mandibulomaxillary facial angles at 11 + 0 to 13 + 6 weeks in fetuses with trisomy 18

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 928-933

  Borenstein, M ^a   Persico, N ^a   Strobl, I ^a   Sonek, J ^b   Nicolaides, K H ^a,c  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; First trimester screening; Frontomaxillary facial angle; Mandible; Maxilla; Trisomy 18

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FETUS; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRISOMY;

ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MICROGNATHISM; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRISOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 38049178949     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5188     Document Type: Article

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