Science, medicine, and the future: In utero magnetic resonance imaging for brain and spinal abnormalities in fetuses

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7516, 2005, Pages 562-565

  Griffiths, Paul D ^a   Paley, Martyn N J ^a,b   Widjaja, Elysa ^a   Taylor, Chris ^a,b   Whitby, Elspeth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Magnetic Resonance Physics ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE MALFORMATION; BRAIN; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SPINE;

BRAIN; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SPINE;

EID: 24644440988     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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