Assessment of sulcation of the fetal brain in cases of isolated agenesis of the corpus callosum using in utero MR imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1085-1090

  Warren, D J ^a   Connolly, D J A ^a   Griffiths, P D ^b  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN SULCUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL SCREENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ACROCALLOSAL SYNDROME; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL MOTION; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; MYELINATED NERVE; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

ACROCALLOSAL SYNDROME; AGENESIS OF CORPUS CALLOSUM; CELL MOVEMENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77953492663     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1982     Document Type: Article

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