Prenatal unilateral cerebellar hypoplasia in a series of 26 cases: Significance and implications for prenatal diagnosis

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 447-454

  Massoud, M ^a   Cagneaux, M ^a   Garel, C ^b   Varene, N ^b   Moutard, M L ^b   Billette, T ^b   Benezit, A ^a   Rougeot, C ^a   Jouannic, J M ^b   Massardier, J ^a   Gaucherand, P ^a   Desportes, V ^a,b   Guibaud, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Clastic lesion; PHACE syndrome; Posterior fossa; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; CEREBELLUM; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AORTIC COARCTATION; CEREBELLUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84908208916     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.13217     Document Type: Article

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