Supratentorial abnormalities in the Chiari II malformation, I: The ventricular "point"

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-38

  Callen, Andrew L ^a   Filly, Roy A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal ventricle; Chiari II malformation; Fetal sonography; Myelomeningocele

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; FUNGI; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION;

ABNORMAL VENTRICLE; CHIARI II MALFORMATION; DIGITAL VIDEO CLIPS; FETAL SONOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BONE DEFORMATION; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGOMYELOCELE; OCCIPITAL BONE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 38349170628     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.1.33     Document Type: Article

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