Fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): A tool for a better understanding of normal and abnormal brain development

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 890-908

  Saleem, Sahar N ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

anomaly; fetal; genetic; malformation; MRI; syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGYRIA; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FETUS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GLIOSIS; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; JOUBERT SYNDROME; MECKEL SYNDROME; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZENCEPHALY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; FETUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84879361257     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073813486296     Document Type: Review

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