Frontomaxillary facial angle in fetuses with spina bifida at 11-13 weeks' gestation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 268-271

  Lachmann, R ^a   Picciarelli, G ^a   Moratalla, J ^a,b   Greene, N ^a,c   Nicolaides, K H ^a,b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Fetal Medicine Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

First trimester screening; Frontomaxillary facial angle; Neural tube defect; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; ECHOGRAPHY; FACE; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOREHEAD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MAXILLA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; STATISTICS;

ABORTION, INDUCED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; FACE; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAXILLA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77956200389     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7718     Document Type: Article

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