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Subnormal cerebellum in fetuses with spina bifida
Gianluigi Pilu,Roberto Romero,E. Albert Reece,Israel Goldstein,John C. Hobbins,Luciano Bovicelli +5 more
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The results of this study indicate that ultrasound investigation of the posterior fossa may prove useful in the prenatal diagnosis of spina bifida.About:
This article is published in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.The article was published on 1988-05-01. It has received 38 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Spina bifida & Prenatal diagnosis.read more
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Ultrasonography in pregnancy
Tabor A,Ottesen Bs +1 more
TL;DR: Dynamic, or real-time, ultrasonography creates new images faster than the flicker fusion rate of the eye so that the fetus, or target, appears to be moving in real time.
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Evaluation of the lemon and banana signs in one hundred thirty fetuses with open spina bifida.
TL;DR: A new approach is proposed for the investigation of patients at high risk for fetal open spina bifida with a relationship between gestational age and the presence of the lemon and cerebellar ultrasonographic markers.
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Prenatal diagnosis of open and closed spina bifida.
Tullio Ghi,Gianluigi Pilu,P. Falco,M. Segata,A. Carletti,Guido Cocchi,Donatella Santini,P. Bonasoni,Giovanni Tani,Nicola Rizzo +9 more
TL;DR: To identify criteria useful for differentiating closed from open spina bifida antenatally, a large number of studies have failed to find any criteria useful.
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The early diagnosis of neural tube defects
TL;DR: It is concluded that transvaginal sonographic examination of the fetal skull before the 17th week of gestation is an accurate method for the detection of low NTDs.
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Sonographic measurement of the fetal cerebellum, cisterna magna, and cavum septum pellucidum in normal fetuses in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy.
TL;DR: The CSP and CM are measured in normal fetuses in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy using transabdominal sonography to determine normal sizes and relationships between these cranial structures.
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Ueber Veränderungen des Kleinhirns infolge von Hydrocephalie des Grosshirns1)
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The diagnosis of fetal microcephaly.
Frank A. Chervenak,Frank A. Chervenak,Frank A. Chervenak,Philippe Jeanty,Philippe Jeanty,Philippe Jeanty,Francis Cantraine,Francis Cantraine,Francis Cantraine,Usha Chitkara,Usha Chitkara,Usha Chitkara,Ingeborg Venus,Ingeborg Venus,Ingeborg Venus,Richard L. Berkowitz,Richard L. Berkowitz,Richard L. Berkowitz,John C. Hobbins,John C. Hobbins,John C. Hobbins +20 more
TL;DR: The use of multiple diagnostic tests was necessary to improve accuracy in the diagnosis of fetal microcephaly and delineate more clearly optimal tests and thresholds of abnormality.
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Ultrasound screening for spina bifida: cranial and cerebellar signs
TL;DR: Ultrasound records were examined retrospectively in the cases of 70 fetuses with open spina bifida diagnosed by ultrasonography at 16-23 weeks' gestation, and none of these changes was seen in 100 patients presenting consecutively for routine ultrasound examination in the second trimester.
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Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
TL;DR: This chapter discusses the developmentally disabled dental patient and a brief social history of mental retardation, as well as clinical aspects and ethics, which focused on the case of Jack Tizard.
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Arnold-chiari malformation and its operative treatment
Wilder Penfield,Donald F. Coburn +1 more
TL;DR: An operation is described in a case of the Arnold-Chiari malformation, with a discussion of the mechanism of its production and suggestions as to the proper operative treatment.