Paediatric and perinatal postmortem imaging: the need for a subspecialty approach

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 483-490

  Arthurs, Owen J ^a,c   van Rijn, Rick R ^b   Taylor, Andrew M ^a,d   Sebire, Neil J ^a,c  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Children; Foetal; MRI; Perinatal; Postmortem

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CURRICULUM; FETUS; FETUS WASTAGE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMAGING; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGIST; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; STILLBIRTH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EUROPE; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICINE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RADIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AUTOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICINE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84926143925     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-014-3132-8     Document Type: Review

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