LATE GESTATIONAL VASCULAR DISRUPTIONS INDUCING CRANIOFACIAL ANOMALIES: A FETAL MODEL • 344

Chapter 16 : Craniofacial anomalies

The term craniofacial anomalies literally encompasses all congenital deformities of the cranium and face. More specifically, however, the term has come to imply congenital deformities of the head that interfere with physical and mental well-being (Marsh and Vannier, 1985). There are practically no epidemiological studies of craniofacial malformations as such. Myrianthopoulos (1982) reviewed dat...

Global registry and database on craniofacial anomalies Report of a WHO Registry Meeting on Craniofacial Anomalies

Gestational disruptions in metabolic rhythmicity of the liver, muscle, and placenta affect fetal size

Maternal metabolic adaptations are essential for successful pregnancy outcomes. We investigated how metabolic gestational processes are coordinated, whether there is a functional link with internal clocks, and whether disruptions are related to metabolic abnormalities in pregnancy, by studying day/night metabolic pathways in murine models and samples from pregnant women with normally grown and ...

Fetal Cardiac Anomalies; A Fetal Echocardiographic Study

= Abstract = Sewn years' experience of fetal echocardiography was reviewed to assess the diagnostic accuracy of fetal echocardiography, distribution of individual cardiac anomalies, and some practical problems of fetal echocardiography in Korea. A total of 737 fetuses IMlre examined and 45 confirmed and 20 unconfirmed cardiac structural anomalies IMlre identified. In general, fetal echocardiogr...

Common craniofacial anomalies: conditions of craniofacial atrophy/hypoplasia and neoplasia.

The spectrum of craniofacial malformations includes conditions of congenital and acquired etiology. The conditions of craniofacial atrophy and hypoplasia may arise primarily or secondary to previous therapeutic interventions. The conditions of progressive hemifacial atrophy (Romberg disease) and radiation-induced hypoplasia will be reviewed on the basis of their etiology, pathogenesis, anatomy,...