Is fetal magnetic resonance imaging superior to neurosonography for detection of brain anomalies?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 317-321

  Malinger, G ^a,b   Lev, D ^a   Lerman Sagie, T ^a  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FETUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; ULTRASOUND;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0036033107     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2002.00825.x     Document Type: Editorial

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