Comparison of magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasonography in the prenatal diagnosis of congenital thoracic abnormalities

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 447-453

  Matsuoka, Shozo ^a,b   Takeuchi, Kyousuke ^a   Yamanaka, Yoshihiko ^a   Kaji, Yasushi ^a   Sugimura, Kazuro ^a   Maruo, Takeshi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchial obstruction; Chylothorax; Congenital diaphragmatic hernia; Esophageal atresia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC ADENOMATOID MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX DEFORMITY;

ADULT; CHYLOTHORAX; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; FEMALE; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORAX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0142165864     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073141     Document Type: Article

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