Abnormal prenatal sonographic findings in the posterior cranial fossa: A case of Joubert's syndrome

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-74

  Ni Scanaill S ^a   Crowley, P ^a   Hogan, M ^b   Stuart, B ^a  

^a Pathology Research Laboratory   (Ireland)

^b CRAIGAVON AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebellar vermian defects; Joubert's syndrome; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AGENESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JOUBERT SYNDROME; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEWBORN; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; CEREBELLUM; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASES; PREGNANCY; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032980272     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1999.13010071.x     Document Type: Article

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