title: Assessment of cortical maturation with prenatal MRI: part II: abnormalities of cortical maturation.
abstract: The fetal cortical maturation is a long process with predefined steps. Abnormalities can occur at different stages of cortical maturation, resulting in various malformations. They can result from disturbance in cell proliferation, cell differentiation, cell migration and in organization of the cortex. Analysis of the different abnormalities of cortical maturation is given with illustrations of the principal malformations encountered in utero and accessible to MRI.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Résonance Magnétique Biologique et Médicale, Faculté Timone, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Céline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fogliarini
authors.forename: Katia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chaumoitre
authors.forename: Frédérique
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chapon
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lévrier
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Figarella-Branger
authors.forename: Nadine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Girard
mesh_terms: D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000196:embryology; D047109:Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology; D005333:Fetus; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis