Incidence and clinical significance of echogenic vasculature in the basal ganglia of newborns

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 315-319

  Shefer Kaufman, Niva ^a   Mimouni, Francis B ^a   Stavorovsky, Zehava ^a   Meyer, Jean Jacques ^a   Dollberg, Shaul ^a  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Echogenic blood vessels; Head sonogram; Intrauterine infection; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0032753229     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-993878     Document Type: Article

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