Non-invasive perinatal necropsy by magnetic resonance imaging

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9035, 1996, Pages 1139-1141

  Brookes, Jocelyn A S ^a,b   Hall Craggs, Margaret A ^a   Sams, Virginia R ^a   Lees, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL DEATH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; STILLBIRTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030603336     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)02287-8     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Cartlidge PH, Dawson AT, Stewart JH, Vujanic GM. Value and quality of perinatal and infant postmortem examinations: cohort analysis of 400 consecutive deaths. BM J 1995; 310: 155-58.
2. Rushton DI. Prognostic role of the perinatal postmortem. Br J Hosp Med 1994; 52: 450-54.
3. Beckwith JB The value of the pediatric postmortem examination. Pediatr Clin North Am. 36(1):1989;29-36.
4. Hagerstrand I, Lundberg LM. The importance of post-mortem examinations of abortions and perinatal deaths. Qual Assur Health Care 1993; 5 (4): 295-97.
5. Husain AN, O'Conor GT. The perinatal autopsy: A neglected source of discovery. IARC Sci Publ 1991; 112: 151-62.
6. Wigglesworth JS. Quality of the perinatal autopsy. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1991; 98: 617-19.
7. Porter HJ, Keeling JW. Value of perinatal necropsy examination. J Clin Pathol 1987; 40: 180-84.
8. Joint Working Party of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Royal College of Pathologists. Report on fetal and perinatal pathology. London: RCOG, 1988.
9. Department of Health. Report of the national confidential enquiry into perioperative deaths. London: HM Stationer's Office, Department of Health, 1993.
10. Rushton DI. West Midlands perinatal mortality survey, 1987: An audit of 300 perinatal autopsies. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1991; 98: 624-27.
11. Chiswick M. Perinatal and infant postmortem examination. BM J 1995; 310: 141-42.
12. McCarthy SM, Filly RA, Stark DD, Hricak H, et al. Obstetrical magnetic resonance imaging: fetal anatomy. Radiology 1985; 154: 427-32.
13. Ros PR, Li-KC, Vo P, Baer H, Staab EV. Preautopsy magnetic resonance imaging: Initial experience. Magn Reson Imaging 1990; 8 (3): 303-08.
14. Keeling JW, ed. The perinatal necropsy. In: Fetal and neonatal pathology, 2nd edn. London: Springer-Verlag, 1993: 1-43.
15. Wigglesworth JS, Singer DB, eds. Textbook of fetal and perinatal pathology. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1991.
16. CESDI Postmortem guidelines. London: Royal College of Pathologists, 1993.
17. Curry CJR Pregnancy loss, stillbirth and neonatal death. Pediatr Clin North Am. 39:1992;160.
18. Deng J, Brookes JAS, Gardner JE, Rodeck CH, Lees WR. Three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging of the post-mortem fetal heart. Fetal Diagn Ther (Washington) (in press).