The clivus-supraocciput angle: A useful measurement to evaluate the shape and size of the fetal posterior fossa and to diagnose Chiari II malformation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 146-149

  D'Addario, V ^a,b   Pinto, V ^a   Del Bianco, A ^a   Di Naro, E ^a   Tartagni, M ^a   Miniello, G ^a   Serio, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chiari II malformation; Posterior fossa; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasonography; Ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0034891691     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2001.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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