Posterior fossa anomalies diagnosed with fetal MRI: Associated anomalies and neurodevelopmental outcomes

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-82

  Patek, Kyla J ^a   Kline Fath, Beth M ^a   Hopkin, Robert J ^a   Pilipenko, Valentina V ^a   Crombleholme, Timothy M ^a   Spaeth, Christine G ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CISTERNA MAGNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEGA CISTERNA MAGNA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR FOSSA ANOMALY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL DEFECT; VERMIAN HYPOPLASIA;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; CEREBELLUM; CISTERNA MAGNA; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84857485229     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2911     Document Type: Article

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