Transvaginal sonography of the fetal brain: Detection of abnormal morphology and circulation

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-157

  Pooh, Ritsuko K ^c,d   Nakagawa, Yasushi ^c   Nagamachi, Norio ^c   Pooh, Kyong Hon ^a   Nakagawa, Yoshinobu ^a   Maeda, Kazuhisa ^b   Fukui, Rijin ^b   Aono, Toshihiro ^b  

^a National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization Zentsuji Hospital

^d National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Cerebral ventricles; Fetal development; Fetus; Ultrasonography, fetal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOROID PLEXUS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS OUTCOME; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOREBRAIN; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INDUCED ABORTION; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VAGINA;

EID: 0031836815     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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