Is fetal magnetic resonance imaging indicated when ultrasound isolated mild ventriculomegaly is present in pregnancies with no risk factors?

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 752-757

  Parazzini, Cecilia ^a   Righini, Andrea ^a   Doneda, Chiara ^a   Arrigoni, Filippo ^a   Rustico, Mariangela ^a   Lanna, Mariano ^a   Triulzi, Fabio ^a  

^a V BUZZI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84864315272     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.3896     Document Type: Article

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