Fetal brain death and Dandy-Walker malformation.
The diagnosis of brain death by Doppler ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging is reported in a fetus at 23 weeks' gestation. This is believed to be the first instance in which brain death has been shown in a premature fetus with a brain-stem anomaly.
Otsubo
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
Yoneyama
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Y
Sawa
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R
Suzuki
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S
Araki
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T
D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous; D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply; D001926:Brain Death / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000196:embryology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003616:Dandy-Walker Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006340:Heart Rate, Fetal; D006801:Humans; D017078:Laser-Doppler Flowmetry; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal