The fetal posterior fossa: Clinical correlation of findings on prenatal ultrasound and fetal magnetic resonance imaging

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 203-210

  Oh, Karen Y ^a   Rassner, Ulrich A ^a   Frias Jr , Antonio E ^a   Kennedy, Anne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Cisterna magna; Dandy Walker; Fetal MRI; Fetus

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CISTERNA MAGNA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR;

CEREBELLUM; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34548441132     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RUQ.0b013e318063d65     Document Type: Article

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