Anterior choroid plexus cysts: Distinction from germinolysis by high-resolution sonography

Pediatrics International

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-61

  Van Baalen, Andreas ^a   Versmold, Hans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Choroid plexus; Cysts; Infant; Subependymal; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CHOROID PLEXUS CYST; ARTICLE; CHOROID PLEXUS; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CHOROID PLEXUS NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 39049146154     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02512.x     Document Type: Article

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