Mastoid fontanelle approach for sonographic imaging of the neonatal brain

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 532-540

  Enriquez, Goya ^a   Correa, Flavia ^a   Aso, Celestino ^a   Carreño, Juan C ^a   Gonzalez, Raul ^b   Padilla, Nelly F ^a   Vazquez, Elida ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b Section of Gastroenterology   (Chile)

Author keywords

Brain; Mastoid fontanelle; Neonate; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR FONTANEL; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MASTOID; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASTOID;

EID: 33646720288     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0144-z     Document Type: Review

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