Congenital abnormalities of the posterior fossa

Radiographics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 200-220

  Boseman, Thangamadhan ^a   Orman, Gunes ^a   Boltshauser, Eugen ^b   Tekes, Aylin ^a   Huisman, Thierry A G M ^a   Poretti, Andrea ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84922465526     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.351140038     Document Type: Article

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