Peri- and intraventricular cerebral sonography in second- and third-trimester high-risk fetuses: A comparison with neonatal ultrasound and relation to neurological development

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 110-120

  Van Gelder Hasker, M R ^a   Van Wezel Meijler, G ^b   De Groot, L ^c   Van Geijn, H P ^a   De Vries, J I P ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fetal brain; Neurological development; Periventricular leukomalacia; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LEUKOMALACIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MOTOR SKILLS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0042242578     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.179     Document Type: Article

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