Differential diagnosis in fetuses with absent septum pellucidum

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-49

  Malinger, G ^a   Lev, D ^a   Kidron, D ^b,c   Heredia, F ^e   Hershkovitz, R ^d   Lerman Sagie, T ^a  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Department of Pathology   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e Faculty of Medicine   (Chile)

Author keywords

Fetal brain; Holoprosencephaly; Hydrocephalus; Prenatal diagnosis; Septum pellucidum; Transvaginal ultrasound; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGENESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTOOPTIC DYSPLASIA; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM AGENESIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; PREGNANCY; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SOFTWARE DESIGN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 12344335627     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1787     Document Type: Article

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