Imaging of Neurologic Conditions During Pregnancy and the Perinatal Period

Neurologic Clinics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 791-822

  Delfyett, William T ^a   Fetzer, David T ^b,c  

^a PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ALARA; Headache; Imaging; Neuroradiology; Pregnancy; Radiation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; CALCIUM ION; CHOLESTEROL; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN; ESTROGEN; FIBRINOGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GADOLINIUM; GLYCOGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AMNION FLUID EMBOLISM; ANATOMY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPILEPSY; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOPHYSITIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; INCIDENCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTPARTUM ANGIOPATHY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEX RATIO; SPINE DISEASE; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; VASCULAR DISEASE; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

BRAIN DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; NEURORADIOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84864319467     PISSN: 07338619     EISSN: 15579875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ncl.2012.06.003     Document Type: Review

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