The clinical significance of fetal isolated cerebral borderline ventriculomegaly: Report of 31 cases and review of the literature

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 320-326

  Pilu, G ^a,b   Falco, P ^a   Gabrielli, S ^a   Perolo, A ^a   Sandri, F ^a   Bovicelli, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fetus; Hydrocephalus; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasound; Ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

AGYRIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN SIZE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PERINATAL DEATH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRISOMY 13; TRISOMY 21; ULTRASOUND;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; KARYOTYPING; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0033374737     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1999.14050320.x     Document Type: Article

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