The fetal larynx and pharynx: Structure and development on two- and three-dimensional ultrasound

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 140-148

  Liberty, G ^a   Boldes, R ^b   Shen, O ^c   Shaul, C ^c   Cohen, S M ^d   Yagel, S ^d  

^a BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BIKUR CHOLIM HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^c SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

2D US; 3D US; larynx; pharynx; upper airway obstructive lesions; uvula; vocal cords

Indexed keywords

2D-US; 3D-US; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LARYNX; LARYNX DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; PALATE; PHARYNX; PHARYNX CANCER; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERATOMA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UPPER AIRWAY OBSTRUCTIVE LESIONS; VOCAL CORD; EMBRYOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

2D-US; 3D-US; LARYNX; PHARYNX; UPPER AIRWAY OBSTRUCTIVE LESIONS; UVULA; VOCAL CORDS;

FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; LARYNX; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PHARYNX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERATOMA; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84881370981     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.12358     Document Type: Article

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