Comparison of prenatal and postnatal MRI findings in the evaluation of intrauterine CNS anomalies requiring postnatal neurosurgical treatment

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-192

  Papadias, A ^a   Miller, C ^a   Martin, W L ^b   Kilby, M D ^b   Sgouros, S ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenatal imaging; ChiariII malformation; CNS anomalies; Diastematomyelia; Encephalocele; Hydrocephalus; Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); Meningocele; Myelomeningocele

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTEMATOMYELIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALOMENINGOCELE; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LIPOMA; MENINGOCELE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROSURGERY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE TUMOR;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 37749019383     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0452-0     Document Type: Article

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