How accurately does current fetal imaging identify posterior fossa anomalies?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1637-1643

  Limperopoulos, Catherine ^a,b,c   Robertson Jr , Richard L ^d   Khwaja, Omar S ^a   Robson, Caroline D ^d   Estroff, Judy A ^d   Barnewolt, Carole ^d   Levine, Deborah ^a   Morash, Donna ^d   Nemes, Luanne ^d   Zaccagnini, Linda ^d   Du Plessis, Adré J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; Cerebellum; Fetal MRI; Fetal sonography; Obstetrics; Pediatric imaging; Posterior fossa anomalies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTHER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA ANOMALY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BOSTON; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 44849116897     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3036     Document Type: Article

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