Magnetic resonance imaging of the fetus

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-28

  Jokhi, Roobin P ^a   Whitby, Elspeth H ^b  

^a JESSOP HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; ISCHEMIA; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCULT SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SAFETY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FETUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 78650058639     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03813.x     Document Type: Review

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