The role of ultrasonography in recognizing the cause of fetal cerebral ventriculomegaly

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-12

  D'Addario, Vincenzo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fetal hydrocephalus; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasound; Ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FETAL CEREBRAL VENTRICULOMEGALY; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 1442325408     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2004.002     Document Type: Review

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