A case of a dandy-walker variant: The importance of a multidisciplinary team approach using complementary techniques to obtain accurate diagnostic information

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 970, 2008, Pages

  Lavanya, T ^a   Cohen, M ^b   Gandhi, S V ^c   Farrell, T ^c   Whitby, E H ^d,e  

^a SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CEREBELLUM AGENESIS; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENTAL FINDING; NEWBORN DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TEAMWORK;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; AUTOPSY; CISTERNA MAGNA; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 53749102457     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/77399621     Document Type: Article

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