Diagnosis of arachnoid cysts on prenatal ultrasound

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 306-309

  Barjot, Philippe ^a   Von Theobald, Peter ^b   Refahi, Nasser ^b   Delautre, Vincent ^b   Herlicoviez, Michel ^b  

^a CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Corpus callosum; Dandy Walker syndrome; Developmental outcome; Prenatal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; COMPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; KARYOTYPE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032849547     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000020945     Document Type: Article

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