New ultrasonographic criteria for the prenatal diagnosis of Chiari type 2 malformation

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1426-1429

  Fujisawa, Hidetoshi ^a   Kitawaki, Jo ^a   Iwasa, Koichi ^a   Honjo, Hideo ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chiari type 2 malformation; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasonography; Ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CISTERNA MAGNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33845269944     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340600645602     Document Type: Article

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