Mild cerebral ventriculomegaly in fetuses: Characteristics and outcome

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 281-284

  Goldstein, Israel ^a   Copel, Joshua A ^a   Makhoul, Imad R ^b,c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cerebral lateral ventricle; Fetal ventriculomegaly; Hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS KARYOTYPING; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 45,X; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NUMERICAL CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRIPLOIDY; TRISOMY 18;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 20944441904     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085086     Document Type: Review

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