Soff tissue facial areas and volumes in subjects with down syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 130 A, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 234-239

  Sforza, Chiarella ^a,b   Dellavia, Claudia ^a   Zanotti, Gianfranco ^a   Tartaglia, Gianluca M ^a   Ferrario, Virgilio F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Morfologia Umana   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Down syndrome; Face; Geometrical and mathematical model; Soft tissues; Three dimensional anthropometry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; EAR; EYE; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIP; MALE; NOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOFT TISSUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; AGE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACIAL BONE; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 4744355755     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30253     Document Type: Article

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