Diagnostic imaging of posterior fossa anomalies in the fetus and neonate: Part 2, posterior fossa disorders

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 167-175

  Chapman, Teresa ^a,b   Mahalingam, Sowmya ^b   Ishak, Gisele E ^a,b   Nixon, Jason N ^a,b   Siebert, Joseph ^a   Dighe, Manjiri K ^b  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Congenital brain malformation; Posterior fossa; Prenatal imaging

Indexed keywords

BRAIN;

BRAIN MALFORMATION; CEREBELLUM; CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRENATAL ULTRASOUND;

DIAGNOSIS;

ARACHNOID CYST; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; BLAKE POUCH CYST; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBELLUM AGENESIS; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CISTERNA MAGNA; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FETUS; HUMAN; JOUBERT SYNDROME; MEGACISTERNA MAGNA; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALOSYNAPSIS; SKULL DEFECT; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; ECHOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES;

BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84925943383     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: 18734499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2014.10.012     Document Type: Review

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