The aqueduct of Sylvius: A sonographic landmark for neural tube defects in the first trimester

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 640-645

  Finn, M ^a   Sutton, D ^a   Atkinson, S ^a   Ransome, K ^a   Sujenthiran, P ^a   Ditcham, V ^a   Wakefield, P ^a   Meagher, S ^a  

^a Healthbridge Hawthorn Private Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

aqueduct of Sylvius; first trimester ultrasound; midbrain; neural tube defect; prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINA BIFIDA;

CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINA BIFIDA CYSTICA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 82455164301     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.10088     Document Type: Article

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