The clinical impact of fetal magnetic resonance imaging on management of CNS anomalies in the second trimester of pregnancy

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1571-1581

  Amini, Hashem ^a   Axelsson, Ove ^a   Raiend, Marie ^a   Wikström, Johan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CNS anomalies; Fetal MRI; Pregnancy management; Second trimester; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL MORTALITY; FETUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649304293     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349.2010.526184     Document Type: Article

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