Absence of harmful effects of magnetic resonance exposure at 1.5 T in utero during the third trimester of pregnancy: A follow-up study

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 851-854

  Kok, René D ^a   De Vries, Marieke M ^a   Heerschap, Arend ^a   Van Den Berg, Paul P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fetus; Magnetic resonance; Pregnancy; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERUS; VISION;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 3242734175     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2004.01.047     Document Type: Article

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