Early formative stage of human focal cortical gyration anomalies: Fetal MRI

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 439-447

  Righini, Andrea ^a   Parazzini, Cecilia ^a   Doneda, Chiara ^a   Avagliano, Laura ^b   Arrigoni, Filippo ^a   Rustico, Mariangela ^a   Consonni, Dario ^c   Re, Thomas Joseph ^d   Bulfamante, Gaetano ^b   Triulzi, Fabio ^a  

^a V BUZZI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain cortex; Brain development; Cortical malformations; Fetal MRI; Polymicrogyria

Indexed keywords

AGENESIS; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLIA HYPERTROPHY; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; FEMALE; FETAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOCAL CORTICAL GYRATION ANOMALY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MACROENCEPHALY; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; MICROGYRIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM AGENESIS;

BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84856107178     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.6662     Document Type: Article

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