The midsagittal view of the fetal brain: A useful landmark in recognizing the cause of fetal cerebral ventriculomegaly

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 423-427

  D'Addario, Vincenzo ^a,b   Pinto, Vincenzo ^a   Di Cagno, Luca ^a   Pintucci, Armando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Consorziale Policlinico   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chiari II malformation; Corpus callosum; Dandy Walker complex; Fetus; Hydrocephalus; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasound; Ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BREECH EXTRACTION; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WASTAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECHANICAL PROBE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTNATAL CARE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 24944435847     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 03005577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2005.075     Document Type: Article

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