Counseling in fetal medicine: Agenesis of the corpus callosum

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 513-521

  Santo, S ^a   D'antonio, F ^a   Homfray, T ^a   Rich, P ^b   Pilu, G ^c   Bhide, A ^a   Thilaganathan, B ^a   Papageorghiou, A T ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agenesis of the corpus callosum; Fetal brain; Management; Outcome; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; COUNSELING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; REVIEW;

AGENESIS OF CORPUS CALLOSUM; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84871605198     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.12315     Document Type: Review

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