Normal and abnormal anatomy of the cerebellar vermis in midgestational human fetuses

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 700-709

  Kapur, Raj P ^a,b,d   Mahony, Barry S ^c   Finch, Lisa ^c   Siebert, Joseph R ^a,b  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Obstetrix Seattle Ultrasound Associates   (United States)

^d Seattle Children's ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Dandy Walker; Nodulus; Pathology; Posterior fossa; Ultrasound; Vermis

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLUM; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 68949148957     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20589     Document Type: Article

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