The Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Obstetric Patient

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 349-355

  Patenaude, Yves ^a   Pugash, Denise ^a   Lim, Kenneth ^a   Morin, Lucie ^a   Bly, Stephen ^a   Butt, Kimberly ^a   Cargill, Yvonne ^a   Davies, Greg ^a   Denis, Nanette ^a   Hazlitt, Gail ^a   Naud, Kentia ^a   Ouellet, Annie ^a   Salem, Shia ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Indication; MRI; Prenatal diagnosis; Safety

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FACE; FETUS HEART; FETUS RISK; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LACTATION; LIMB; MATERNAL RISK; NECK; NEONATAL RISK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTETRIC PATIENT; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OROPHARYNX; PATIENT COUNSELING; PLACENTA ADHESION DISORDER; PLACENTA DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; RADIATION SAFETY; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEDATION; SPINE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THORAX DISEASE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; BREAST FEEDING; CONGENITAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; INDICATION; NEWBORN; PATIENT SAFETY; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SAFETY;

INDICATION; MRI; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SAFETY;

BREAST FEEDING; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS;

EID: 84904331267     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(15)30612-5     Document Type: Article

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