Fetal magnetic resonance imaging: A review

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-156

  Laifer Narin, Sherelle ^a   Budorick, Nancy E ^b   Simpson, Lynn L ^c   Platt, Lawrence D ^d,e  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Center for Fetal Medicine and Women's Ultrasound   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetus; Magnetic resonance; Malformation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; AGENESIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FETUS MONITORING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASMS; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 33947185827     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e32809bd978     Document Type: Review

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