Neurological outcome of children who were treated for fetal tachycardia complicated by hydrops

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 154-158

  Oudijk, M A ^a,c   Gooskens, R H J M ^a   Stoutenbeek, P ^a   De Vries, L S ^a   Visser, G H A ^a   Meijboom, E J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fetal hydrops; Fetal tachycardia; Intrauterine therapy; Long term follow up; Neurological outcome

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DIGOXIN; FLECAINIDE; PROPRANOLOL; SOTALOL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS HYDROPS; FETUS MORTALITY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG QT SYNDROME; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; ULTRASOUND;

ARRHYTHMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; INFANT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 4043120444     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1106     Document Type: Article

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