Morphological evaluation of lateral ventricles of fetuses with ventriculomegaly by three-dimensional ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging: Correlation with etiology

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 284, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 331-336

  Haratz, Karina Krajden ^a   Nardozza, Luciano Marcondes MacHado ^a   De Oliveira, Patrícia Soares ^a   Rolo, Liliam Cristine ^a   Milani, Hérbene José Figuinha ^a   De Sá Barreto, Enoch Quinderé ^a   Araujo Júnior, Edward ^a   Ajzen, Sérgio Aron ^a   Moron, Antonio Fernandes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Etiology; Fetuses; Magnetic resonance imaging; Morphology; Three dimensional ultrasonography; Ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPENDYMA; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRISOMY 18;

AICARDI SYNDROME; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRISOMY;

EID: 80052325395     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-010-1666-z     Document Type: Article

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