MRI tight posterior fossa sign for prenatal diagnosis of Chiari type II malformation

Neuroradiology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1033-1039

  Ando, Kumiko ^a   Ishikura, Reiichi ^a   Ogawa, Masayo ^a   Shakudo, Miyuki ^b   Tanaka, Hiroyuki ^a   Minagawa, Kyoko ^a   Takada, Yoshihiro ^a   Yamamoto, Satoshi ^a   Fujiwara, Masayuki ^a   Hirota, Shozo ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chiari type II malformation; Fetal MRI; Fetal posterior fossa; Hydrocephalus; Tight posterior fossa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FETUS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 36348981619     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-007-0291-4     Document Type: Article

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