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Quantitation of nasal development in the early prenatal period using geometric morphometrics and MRI: a new insight into the critical period of Binder phenotype.
Prenatal diagnosis - 1 Sept 2017
Katsube Motoki, Yamada Shigehito, Miyazaki Reina, Yamaguchi Yutaka, Makishima Haruyuki, Takakuwa Tetsuya, Yamamoto Akira, Fujii Yosuke, Morimoto Naoki, Ito Tsuyoshi, Imai Hirohiko, Suzuki Shigehiko
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Disturbance of the development of the nasal septum in the early prenatal period causes congenital facial anomalies characterized by a flat nose and defects of the anterior nasal spine (ANS), such as Binder phenotype. The present research aimed to assess the development of the nasal septum and the ANS with growth in the early prenatal period. METHODS: Magnetic resonance images were obtained from 56...
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