Ultrasound and MRI of fetuses with ventriculomegaly: Can cortical development be used to predict postnatal outcome?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1457-1467

  Li, Yi ^a   Estroff, Judy A ^b   Mehta, Tejas S ^c   Robertson, Richard L ^b   Robson, Caroline D ^b   Poussaint, Tina Y ^b   Feldman, Henry A ^b   Ware, Janet ^b   Levine, Deborah ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical maturation; Fetal MRI; Neurodevelopmental outcome; Sulcus; Ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CALCARINE SULCUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETO-OCCIPITAL SULCUS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRECENTRAL SULCUS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 79960490902     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5422     Document Type: Article

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