Prenatal ultrasound detection of facial clefts: A prospective study of 49 314 deliveries in a non-selected population in Norway

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 639-646

  Offerdal, K ^a   Jebens, N ^a   Syvertsen, T ^a   Blaas, H G K ^a   Johansen, O J ^a   Eik Nes, S H ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cleft lip; Cleft palate; Congenital anomalies; Fetus; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ULTRASOUND;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NORWAY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 54549124525     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5280     Document Type: Article

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