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FETAL NEUROIMAGING

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2008

R.K. POOH*
Affiliation:
CRIFM Clinical Research Institute of Fetal Medicine PMC, Osaka, Japan.
K.H. POOH
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Kagawa National Children's Hospital, Kagawa, Japan.
*
Ritsuko K Pooh, MD, PhD, CRIFM Clinical Research Institute of Fetal Medicine PMC, 3–7, Uehommachi 7 Chome, Tennoji, Osaka #543–0001, Japan.

Extract

Imaging technologies have been remarkably improved and contribute to prenatal evaluation of fetal central nervous system (CNS) development and assessment of CNS abnormalities in utero.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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