Prenatal imaging of the fetal brain - Indications and developmental implications of fetal MRI

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Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-70

  Sira, Liat Ben ^a   Garel, Catherine ^b   Leitner, Yael ^c   Gross Tsur, Varda ^d  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Child Developmental Center   (Israel)

^d SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fetal MRI; Fetal sonography; Heterotopias; Prenatal cortical malformations; Ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW;

BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 42949177601     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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