The role of fetal magnetic resonance imaging

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Wright, C ^a   Sibley, C P ^b   Baker, P N ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; BREECH PRESENTATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS SURGERY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; METABOLISM; NEWBORN SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN WEIGHT; PELVIS; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX MALFORMATION;

ABDOMEN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; THORAX;

EID: 77949850424     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.151076     Document Type: Review

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