Assessment of normal fetal brain maturation in utero by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 768-775

  Girard, Nadine ^a   Gouny, Sylviane Confort ^b   Viola, Angèle ^b   Le Fur, Yann ^b   Viout, Patrick ^b   Chaumoitre, Kathia ^c   D'Ercole, Claude ^c   Gire, Catherine ^c   Figarella Branger, Dominique ^a   Cozzone, Patrick J ^b  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

Fetal brain; Maturation; MR spectroscopy; MRI; Prenatal development

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYOLS; SUGARS;

MATURATION; MEMBRANE SYNTHESIS; MR SPECTROSCOPY; PHASED ARRAY COILS; POINT RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPIES; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTON MR SPECTROSCOPY; WATER SATURATIONS;

BRAIN;

CHOLINE; CREATINE; INOSITOL; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS MATURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POINT RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON TRANSPORT;

EID: 33749174871     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21017     Document Type: Article

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