Myelomeningocele: Prenatal evaluation - Comparison between transabdominal US and MR imaging

Radiology

Volumn 227, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 839-843

  Aaronson, Oran S ^a   Hernanz Schulman, Marta ^a   Bruner, Joseph P ^a   Reed, George W ^b   Tulipan, Noel B ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetus, central nervous system; Fetus, MR; Fetus, surgery; Fetus, US; Pregnancy, US; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSABDOMINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SPINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0038626425     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2273020535     Document Type: Article

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