Post-natal investigations: Management and prognosis for fetuses with CNS anomalies identified in utero excluding neurosurgical problems

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 442-449

  Mighell, Amal S ^a   Johnstone, Ed D ^a   Levene, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral malformations; Fetal; Magnetic resonance; Neurodevelopmental outcome; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CHOROID PLEXUS TUMOR; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HYDRANENCEPHALY; MICROCEPHALY; NEURONAL MIGRATION DISORDER; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZENCEPHALY;

ACROCALLOSAL SYNDROME; ARACHNOID CYSTS; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; MICROCEPHALY; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; NEURONAL MIGRATION DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 64849096502     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2245     Document Type: Review

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