Contribution of MRI to detect further anomalies in fetal ventriculomegaly

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-24

  Yin, Shaowei ^a   Na, Quan ^a   Chen, Jing ^a   Li Ling, Jesse ^a   Liu, Caixia ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral hemorrhage, fetal; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ventriculomegaly, fetal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FETAL VENTRICULOMEGALY; FETUS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 76449088558     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000260389     Document Type: Article

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