Long-term outcome of antenatally diagnosed agenesis of corpus callosum and cerebellar malformations

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 295-300

  Vasudevan, C ^a   McKechnie, L ^a   Levene, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agenesis; Corpus callosum; Fetal; Infant; Newborn

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MALFORMATION; CEREBELLAR MALFORMATION; CEREBELLUM AGENESIS; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; HUMAN; JOUBERT SYNDROME; KARYOTYPING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

AGENESIS OF CORPUS CALLOSUM; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84866048067     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: 18780946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2012.07.001     Document Type: Review

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