The Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Evaluation of Isolated Mild Ventriculomegaly

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 519-525

  Valsky, Dan V ^a   Ben Sira, Liat ^b   Porat, Shay ^a   Yanai, Nili ^a   Lewin, Abie ^a   Nadjari, Michel ^a   Gomori, J Moshe ^a   Yagel, Simcha ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fetal brain imaging; Isolated mild ventriculomegaly; Magnetic resonance imaging; Prenatal diagnosis; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BRAIN; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS; VIRUSES;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS TESTS; VENTRICULAR DILATATION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; ISOLATED MILD VENTRICULOMEGALY; KARYOTYPE; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 2442537049     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.4.519     Document Type: Article

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