Magnetic resonance imaging in fetal medicine: A pictorial review of current and developing indications

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 1011, 2010, Pages 42-51

  Weston, M J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGENESIS; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONJOINED TWINS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CYSTIC ADENOMATOID MALFORMATION; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; FETUS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SPINA BIFIDA; TWINS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FETUS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 74749083892     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2009.083543     Document Type: Review

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