Brainstem-vermis and brainstem-tentorium angles allow accurate categorization of fetal upward rotation of cerebellar vermis

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 632-635

  Volpe, P ^a   Contro, E ^b   De Musso, F ^b   Ghi, T ^b   Farina, A ^b   Tempesta, A ^a   Volpe, G ^c   Rizzo, N ^b   Pilu, G ^b  

^a ASL Bari   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blake's pouch cyst; congenital anomalies; Dandy Walker malformation; fetus; prenatal diagnosis; ultrasound; vermian hypoplasia

Indexed keywords

ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84861591274     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.11101     Document Type: Article

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