Cerebral ventricular system in fetuses with open spina bifida at 11-13 weeks' gestation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 620-624

  Loureiro, T ^a,b   Ushakov, F ^b   Montenegro, N ^a   Gielchinsky, Y ^c   Nicolaides, K H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cerebral ventricles; Chiari malformation; first trimester ultrasound; spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VAGINA;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; SPINA BIFIDA CYSTICA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VAGINA;

EID: 84860216155     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.11079     Document Type: Article

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