Sonographic diagnosis of fetal cerebral ventriculomegaly: An update

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-14

  D'Addario, Vincenzo ^a,b   Pinto, Vincenzo ^a   Cagno, Luca Di ^a   Pintucci, Armando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Consorziale Policlinico   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aqueductal stenosis; Chiari II malformation; Corpus callosum agenesis; Dandy Walker complex; Hydrocephalus; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasound; Ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CEREBELLUM; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CISTERNA MAGNA; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FETAL CEREBRAL VENTRICULOMEGALY; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34248598828     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050601036188     Document Type: Review

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