Prenatally diagnosed fetal ventriculomegaly; prognosis and outcome

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 557-566

  Den Hollander, Nicolette S ^a   Vinkesteijn, Astrid ^a   Schmitz Van Splunder, Paula ^a   Catsman Berrevoets, Coriene E ^a   Wladimiroff, Juriy W ^a,b  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Psycho motor development; Ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SPEECH; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0031801395     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199806)18:6<557::AID-PD303>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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