Sonographic appearance of the ventriculus terminalis cyst in the neonatal spinal cord

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 207-209

  Kriss, Vesna Martich ^a   Kriss, Timothy C ^a,b   Coleman, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Landstuhl Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyst, ventriculus terminalis; Spinal cord, neonatal; Spine; Ventriculus terminalis

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING; NEONATAL MONITORING;

SPINAL SONOGRAPHY; VENTRICULUS TERMINALIS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD CYST;

EID: 0034063547     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2000.19.3.207     Document Type: Article

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