Fetal magnetic resonance imaging in midline malformations of the central nervous system and review of the literature

Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 138-146

  Dill, P ^a   Poretti, A ^b   Boltshauser, E ^b   Huisman, T A G M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cerebral midline malformation; Fetal magnetic resonance imaging; Gomez Lopez Hernandez Syndrome; Holoprosencephaly; Rhombencephalosynapsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CESAREAN SECTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MONITORING; GOMEZ LOPEZ HERNANDEZ SYNDROME; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRAMNIOS; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTELORISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RHOMBENCEPHALOSYNAPSIS; SITUS INVERSUS; SKIN BIOPSY; TRISOMY 18;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MESENCEPHALON; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 67649531611     PISSN: 01509861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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