Three-dimensional ultrasound diagnosis of cleft palate: 'reverse face', 'flipped face' or 'oblique face'-which method is best?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 399-406

  Martinez Ten P ^a,c   Perez Pedregosa J ^a   Santacruz, B ^a   Adiego, B ^a   Barron E ^a   Sepulveda W ^b  

^a Delta Ultrasound Diagnostic Center in Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Spain)

^b CLÍNICA LAS CONDES   (Chile)

^c Centro de Diagnóstico por la Imagen en Obstetricia Ginecología y Mama   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cleft lip; Cleft palate; Congenital anomalies; Fetal palate; Prenatal diagnosis; Three dimensional ultrasound; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FACE MALFORMATION; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PALATE, HARD; PALATE, SOFT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 63449124588     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6257     Document Type: Article

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