Ultrasound imaging of fetal brain abnormalities: Three essential anatomical levels

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 287-294

  Angtuaco, Teresita L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Brain; Fetal; Imaging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CEREBELLUM; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CISTERNA MAGNA; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DOWN SYNDROME; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; HYDRANENCEPHALY; HYDROCEPHALUS; PORENCEPHALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZENCEPHALY; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CISTERNA MAGNA; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33644875498     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnq.0000186664.76284.da     Document Type: Article

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