State-of-the-art cranial sonography: Part 2, pitfalls and variants

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1034-1039

  Lowe, Lisa H ^a,b   Bailey, Zachary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c KANSAS CITY UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial; Doppler; Normal; Pediatric; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CHOROID PLEXUS; CISTERNA MAGNA; CRANIAL SONOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LENTICULOSTRIATE VASCULOPATHY; PERIVENTRICULAR CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; AGE; CHILD; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; NEWBORN; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 79959600005     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.6203     Document Type: Review

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