Role of foetal MRI in the evaluation of ischaemic-haemorrhagic lesions of the foetal brain

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 419-426

  Manganaro, Lucia ^a   Bernardo, Silvia ^a   La Barbera, Laura ^a   Noia, Giuseppe ^b   Masini, Lucia ^b   Tomei, Alessandra ^a   Fierro, Francesca ^a   Vinci, Valeria ^a   Sollazzo, Paolo ^a   Silvestri, Evelina ^c   Giancotti, Antonella ^a   Marini, Mario ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^b Sacro Cuore University of Rome   (Italy)

^c SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Foetal brain; Ischaemic haemorrhagic lesions; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TOXOPLASMA; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGENESIS OF CORPUS CALLOSUM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETINA; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 84869427232     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2011-0182     Document Type: Article

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