Accurate neurosonographic prediction of brain injury in the surviving fetus after the death of a monochorionic cotwin

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 517-521

  Simonazzi, G ^a   Segata, M ^a   Ghi, T ^a   Sandri, F ^a   Ancora, G ^a   Bernardi, B ^b   Tani, G ^a   Rizzo, N ^a   Santini, D ^a   Bonasoni, P ^a   Pilu, G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Congenital anomalies; Multiple pregnancy; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MORTALITY; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; MICROGYRIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PORENCEPHALY; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY;

BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISEASES IN TWINS; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33646567790     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2701     Document Type: Article

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