Unilateral borderline fetal ventriculomegaly as inherited anatomical variant depicted by fetal and maternal magnetic resonance imaging

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 358-360

  Muhler M R ^a,b   Rake, A ^c   Heling, K S ^c   Klingebiel, R ^a   Chaoui, R ^c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Laboratoire de Recherche in Imagerie   (France)

^c Ärztehaus 147 ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FETUS DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; LETTER; MOTHER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNILATERAL BORDERLINE FETAL VENTRICULOMEGALY; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND;

EID: 49949104646     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.4090     Document Type: Letter

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