THE FETAL MANDIBLE MEASUREMENT - AN OBJECTIVE DETERMINATION OF FETAL JAW SIZE

被引:48
作者
OTTO, C
PLATT, LD
机构
[1] Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA, Los Angeles
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10.1046/j.1469-0705.1991.01010012.x
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O42 [声学];
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070206 ; 082403 ;
摘要
The sonographic diagnosis of micrognathia has been limited by the lack of an objective measurement of the fetal mandible. A cross-sectional study of 134 normal patients of known gestational age between 14 and 39 weeks' gestation was performed. Models to predict mandible length based on gestational age, biparietal diameter, head circumference or femur length were derived by least squares regression analysis. The 95% prediction limits were also derived. Utilization of these curves generated from a normal population should allow for a more sensitive and reproducible method to diagnose micrognathia in the fetus.
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