Prevalence, natural history, and clinical outcome of mild to moderate ventriculomegaly

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 867-876

  Sethna, Farah ^a,b   Tennant, Peter W G ^a,b   Rankin, Judith ^a,b   C Robson, Stephen ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CHILD DEATH; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISOMY 21;

ADULT; CEREBRAL VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953208064     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3182117471     Document Type: Article

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