Mandibular dimensions and growth in 11- to 26-week-old Danish fetuses studied by 3D ultrasound

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 408-412

  Hermann, Nuno V ^a   Darvann, Tron A ^a,b,c   Sundberg, Karin ^b   Kreiborg, Sven ^a,b   Jørgensen, Connie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Normal prenatal mandibular dimensions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ADULT; DENMARK; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MANDIBLE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951705871     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2482     Document Type: Article

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