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The Fetal Brain in Fetuses with Orofacial Abnormalities

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Since the face develops at the same time and in close contact with the brain, it is expected that at least some of the anomalies and defects affecting the face will affect also the brain. Some of them are being diagnosed during fetal life and will be presented in this Chapter. We will describe the possible associations between fetal facial and brain defects at each stage of brain development starting from neurulation and until the first steps of myelination [1].

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  1. OB-GYN Ultrasound Unit, Department of OB-GYN, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

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  3. Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Mountain View, California, USA

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Malinger, G. (2017). The Fetal Brain in Fetuses with Orofacial Abnormalities. In: Tonni, G., Sepulveda, W., Wong, A. (eds) Prenatal Diagnosis of Orofacial Malformations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32516-3_9

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