Posterior fossa malformations: main features and limits in prenatal diagnosis

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1038-1045

  Garel, Catherine ^a  

^a ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Fetus; Malformation; MRI; Posterior fossa; US

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN STEM; CAPILLARY TELANGIECTASIA; CEREBELLAR DYSPLASIA; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; JOUBERT SYNDROME; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA MALFORMATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALOSYNAPSIS;

CEREBELLUM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 77954433611     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-010-1617-7     Document Type: Review

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