The fetus with ventriculomegaly: Prenatal diagnosis, associated malformations, pathophysiology and prognostic factors

Ultrasound Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 6-13

  Tercanli, S ^a   Danzer, E ^a   Batukan, C ^a   Kupesic, S ^b   Holzgreve, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Ultrasonography; Ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542491738     PISSN: 14722240     EISSN: 17438950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14722240108500416     Document Type: Article

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