A prospective study of fetuses with isolated ventriculomegaly investigated by antenatal sonography and in utero MR imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 106-111

  Griffiths, P D ^a   Reeves, M J ^a   Morris, J E ^a   Mason, G ^b   Russell, S A ^c   Paley, M N J ^a   Whitby, E H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 75749101476     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1767     Document Type: Article

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