Organ volume measurements: Comparison between MRI and autopsy findings in infants following sudden unexpected death

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Prodhomme, Olivier ^a   Seguret, Fabienne ^a   Martrille, Laurent ^b   Pidoux, Odile ^a   Cambonie, Gilles ^a   Couture, Alain ^a   Rouleau, Caroline ^a,c  

^a MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

WATER;

ACCURACY; ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART SIZE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; KIDNEY SIZE; LIVER SIZE; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PARENTAL CONSENT; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; SPLEEN SIZE; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THYMUS; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 85027935693     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fetalneonatal-2011-301309     Document Type: Article

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