Prenatal assessment of the normal fetal soft palate by three-dimensional ultrasound examination: Is there an objective technique?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 652-656

  Faure, J M ^a   Baumler M ^a   Boulot, P ^a   Bigorre, M ^b   Captier, G ^b,c  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^b LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Cleft lip and or palate; Fetal soft palate; Prenatal diagnosis; Three dimensional prenatal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALATE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT PALATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PALATE, SOFT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 54549089841     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5371     Document Type: Article

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