Magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the fetal brain

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 434-441

  Pugash, Denise ^a   Krssak, Martin ^b   Kulemann, Vanessa ^b   Prayer, Daniela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brain development; Brain metabolism; Fetal imaging; Fetal magnetic resonance imaging; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN MATURATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN DISEASES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 64849093539     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2248     Document Type: Review

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