Frequency and cause of disagreements in imaging diagnosis in children with ventriculomegaly diagnosed prenatally

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 582-595

  Senapati, G M ^a   Levine, D ^b   Smith, C ^e   Estroff, J A ^d   Barnewolt, C E ^d   Robertson, R L ^d   Poussaint, T Y ^d   Mehta, T S ^b   Werdich, X Q ^b   Pier, D ^c   Feldman, H A ^d   Robson, C D ^d  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

fetal MRI; imaging consensus; ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 78349276599     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7680     Document Type: Article

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