Magnetic resonance imaging versus ultrasonography for the in utero evaluation of central nervous system anomalies: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 340-345

  Peruzzi, Pierpaolo ^a   Corbitt, Rebecca J ^a   Raffel, Corey ^b  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Magnetic resonance imaging; Prenatal imaging; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENCEPHALOCELE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77957888494     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.7.PEDS09511     Document Type: Article

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