Potential pitfalls in cranial sonography

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 110-117

  Enríquez, Goya ^a   Correa, Flavia ^a   Lucaya, Javier ^a   Piqueras, Joaquin ^a   Aso, Celestino ^a   Ortega, Aranzazu ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain; Pitfalls; Ultrasound; Variants

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR FONTANEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE MALFORMATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM VERMIS MALFORMATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOROID PLEXUS CYST; CHOROID PLEXUS MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCIPITAL LOBE PSEUDOMASS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS DISORDER;

EID: 0038460186     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-002-0836-y     Document Type: Article

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