What does magnetic resonance imaging add to the prenatal sonographic diagnosis of ventricidomegaly?

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1513-1522

  Benacerraf, Beryl R ^a,b,c,f   Shipp, Thomas D ^c   Bromley, Bryann ^c,d   Levine, Deborah ^c,e  

^a Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Diagnostic Ultrasound Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparison; Fetal central nervous system; Prenatal magnetic resonance imaging; Prenatal sonography; Ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; FETAL MONITORING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

FETAL CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRENATAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL SONOGRAPHY; VENTRICULOMEGALY;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CISTERNA MAGNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MICROCEPHALY; MYELINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORENCEPHALY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VENTRICULOMEGALY; BRAIN VENTRICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 38549155249     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.11.1513     Document Type: Article

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