Imaging the fetal spine using in utero MR: Diagnostic accuracy and impact on management

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 927-933

  Griffiths, Paul D ^a   Widjaja, Elysa ^a   Paley, Martyn N J ^a   Whitby, Elspeth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital; Fetus; MRI; Myelomeningocele; Spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONJOINED TWINS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACRUM AGENESIS; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE;

EID: 33746892583     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0234-y     Document Type: Article

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