The role of 4D sonography in the neurological assessment of early human development

Ultrasound Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 148-159

  Kurjak, Asim ^d   Carrera, J M ^a   Stanojevic, M ^d   Andonotopo, W ^b   Azumendi, G ^c   Scazzocchio, E ^a   Medic, M ^d   Salihagic Kadic, A ^d  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Indonesia)

^c Centro Gutenberg   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

4D sonography; Fetal CNS; Fetal neurology; Functional tests

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBRAL PALSY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HYPOXIA; FETUS MOVEMENT; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABOR COMPLICATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN PERIOD; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; REVIEW; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 17144419598     PISSN: 14722240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14722240400017075     Document Type: Review

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