Sonography of fetal posterior fossa abnormalities

Ultrasound Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-103

  Volpe, P ^a   Volpe, G ^a   Gentile, M ^b  

^a AO 'Di Venere' ^*  (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIGESTIVE DISEASES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fetal abnormalities; Posterior fossa; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CEREBELLUM; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS OUTCOME; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOUBERT SYNDROME; KARYOTYPING; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALOSYNAPSIS;

EID: 0042471872     PISSN: 14722240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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