Severe fetal brain dysgenesis with focal calcification

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 362-364

  Gardner, R J McKinlay ^a,e   Chow, C W ^a,e   Simpson, Ian ^c   Fink, A Michelle ^b,e   Meagher, Simon E ^d   White, Susan M ^a,e  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fetal; Intracranial calcification; Microencephaly; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DYSGENESIS; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CISTERNA MAGNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROCEPHALY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 20444501638     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1152     Document Type: Article

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