Posterior fossa abnormalities in high-risk term infants: comparison of ultrasound and MRI

European Radiology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2575-2583

  Steggerda, S J ^a   de Bruine F T ^a   Smits Wintjens, V E H J ^a   Verbon, P ^a   Walther, F J ^a   van Wezel Meijler, G ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Infant, newborn; MRI; Posterior fossa; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR FONTANEL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; ABNORMALITIES; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FONTANEL; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIAL FONTANELLES; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84938974463     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-015-3665-8     Document Type: Article

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