Plea for an anatomical approach to abnormalities of the posterior fossa in prenatal diagnosis

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 477-481

  Guibaud, L ^a   Des Portes, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENESIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANTHROPOMETRY; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33646553881     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2777     Document Type: Note

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