Prevalence, characteristics and perinatal outcome of fetal ventriculomegaly in 29,000 pregnancies followed at a single institution

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 142-148

  Weichert, Jan ^a   Hartge, D ^a   Krapp, M ^b   Germer, U ^c   Gembruch, U ^d   Axt Fliedner, Roland ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b Department of Obstetrics   (Germany)

^c CARITAS KRANKENHAUS ST JOSEF   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fetal ventriculomegaly; Isolatet; Nonisolated; Prenatal; Psychomotor delay; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS OUTCOME; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN DEATH; PARENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIPLOIDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951878673     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000304735     Document Type: Article

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