Cerebral lateral ventricular asymmetry: Is this a normal ultrasonographic finding in the fetal brain?

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 233-237

  Achiron, Reuwen ^a   Yagel, Simcha ^b   Rotstein, Zeev ^b   Inbar, Oded ^b   Mashiach, Shlomo ^b   Lipitz, Shlomo ^b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN VENTRICULOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0031081228     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(96)00506-6     Document Type: Article

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