Post-mortem apparent resolution of fetal ventriculomegaly: Evidence from magnetic resonance imaging

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 360-364

  Sebire, Neil J ^a   Miller, Sarah ^b   Jacques, Thomas S ^a   Taylor, Andrew M ^a   Rennie, Janet M ^b   Kendall, Giles ^b   Chitty, Lyn S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84875643649     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.4065     Document Type: Article

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