Fetal head biometry assessed by fetal magnetic resonance imaging following in utero myelomeningocele repair

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-6

  Danzer, Enrico ^a   Johnson, Mark P ^a,b   Bebbington, Michael ^a   Simon, Erin M ^a   Wilson, R Douglas ^a   Bilaniuk, Larrissa T ^a   Sutton, Leslie N ^a   Adzick, N Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid space; Fetal surgery; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myelomeningocele; Ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS HEAD; HEAD; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN; CEPHALOMETRY; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL THERAPIES; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PREGNANCY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 33845809161     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095833     Document Type: Article

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