Posterior fossa and vermian morphometry in the characterization of fetal cerebellar abnormalities: A prospective three-dimensional ultrasound study

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 482-489

  Paladini, D ^a,c   Volpe, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Cisterna magna; Dandy Walker syndrome; Magnetic resonance imaging; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL DISORDER; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLUM; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33646560620     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2748     Document Type: Article

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