Imaging of fetal cerebral ventriculomegaly: A guide to management and outcome

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 421-428

  Mehta, Tejas S ^a   Levine, Deborah ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetus; MRI; Prenatal diagnosis; Ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VENTRICULOMEGALY;

EID: 23944483445     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2005.05.002     Document Type: Review

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