The assessment of fetal brain function in fetuses with ventrikulomegaly: The role of the KANET test

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1267-1272

  Talic, Amira ^a   Kurjak, Asim ^b,c   Stanojevic, Milan ^d   Honemeyer, Ulrich ^e   Badreldeen, Ahmed ^c   Direnzo, Gian Carlo ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^d University Hospital Sveti Duh   (Croatia)

^e Welcare Hospital Dubai   (United Arab Emirates)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

4D ultrasound; fetal behavior; KANET test; neurological outcome; Ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; KURJAK ANTENATAL NEUROLOGICAL TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; BRAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; FETUS MOVEMENT; HYDROCEPHALUS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROCEDURES;

BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL MOVEMENT; FETUS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RESEARCH DESIGN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84863859638     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2011.634463     Document Type: Article

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