First-trimester visualization of the fourth ventricle in fetuses with and without spina bifida

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1643-1647

  Solt, Ido ^a   Acuna, Joann G ^a   Adeniji, Beni A ^a   Mirocha, James ^a   Kim, Matthew J ^b   Rotmensch, Siegfried ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

First trimester; Fourth ventricle; Neural tube defects; Prenatal diagnosis; Screening; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DIAGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCREENING;

FIRST TRIMESTERS; FOURTH VENTRICLE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SPINA BIFIDA;

NEUROLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 82455188567     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2011.30.12.1643     Document Type: Article

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