Morphometric analysis and classification of the facial phenotype associated with fetal alcohol syndrome in 5- and 12-year-old children

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-41

  Mutsvangwa, Tinashe E M ^a   Meintjes, Ernesta M ^a   Viljoen, Dennis L ^b   Douglas, Tania S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Foundation for Alcohol Related Research (FARR)   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Facial shape analysis; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Morphometrics; Photogrammetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FACE MALFORMATION; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMAN; MIDFACE HYPOPLASIA; PALPEBRAL FISSURE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHILTRUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY; UPPER LIP; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FACE; GOLTZ SYNDROME; MORPHOMETRICS; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIES; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 75149153359     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33137     Document Type: Article

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