Prenatal diagnosis and outcome of fetal posterior fossa fluid collections

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 625-631

  Gandolfi Colleoni, G ^a   Contro, E ^a   Carletti, A ^a   Ghi, T ^a   Campobasso, G ^b   Rembouskos, G ^b   Volpe, G ^c   Pilu, G ^a   Volpe, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ASL Bari   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

cerebellar anomalies; Dandy Walker malformation; fetus; megacisterna magna; prenatal diagnosis; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; AUTOPSY; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84861630202     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.11071     Document Type: Article

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