Rhombencephalosynapsis: Prenatal imaging and autopsy findings

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 542-548

  McAuliffe, F ^a,b   Chitayat, D ^c,d   Halliday, W ^b   Keating, S ^b   Shah, V ^b   Fink, M ^f   Nevo, O ^b   Ryan, G ^b   Shannon, P ^b   Blaser, S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics   (Canada)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^f ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebellar defects; Fetus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rhombencephalosynapsis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FETUS; GENETIC DISORDER; HEMISPHERE; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; JOUBERT SYNDROME; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; RHOMBENCEPHALOSYNAPSIS; SEIZURE; SPASTICITY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; AUTOPSY; CEREBELLUM; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 51949089659     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5318     Document Type: Article

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