Corroboration of in utero MRI using post-mortem MRI and autopsy in foetuses with CNS abnormalities

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1114-1120

  Whitby, E H ^a   Variend, S ^b   Rutter, S ^c   Paley, M N J ^a   Wilkinson, I D ^a   Davies, N P ^c   Sparey, C ^d   Griffiths, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Obstetrics/Gynaecology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Central nervous system; Foetus; Magnetic resonance (MR); Post mortem changes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; PREGNANCY; SPINAL CORD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 11044227620     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2004.04.018     Document Type: Article

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