Asymmetric development of the hippocampal region is common: A fetal MR imaging study

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 513-518

  Bajic, Dragan ^a   Canto Moreira, N ^a,b   Wikstrom J ^a   Raininko, R ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Clinica Dr Campos Costa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COLLATERAL SULCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGIST; SUBICULUM;

FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84858641366     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2814     Document Type: Article

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