Neuroimaging during pregnancy

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 361-373

  Klein, Joshua P ^a,b   Hsu, Liangge ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; contrast; eclampsia; lactation; magnetic resonance imaging; Radiation safety; stroke; vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE;

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CHORIOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECLAMPSIA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; HYPOPHYSITIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LACTATION; LYMPHOCYTIC HYPOPHYSITIS; MENINGIOMA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASCULAR DISEASE; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROIMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 82155170551     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: 10989021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1293535     Document Type: Article

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