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Central nervous system injury in utero: selected entities

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This report discusses the syndrome of amnionic bands, anencephaly, schizencephaly and hydranencephaly, four entities whose pathogenesis includes significant injury to the fetus in utero.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, Internal Mail Box 1234, One Gustave Levy Place, New York, NY, 10024, USA

    Thomas P. Naidich

  2. Academic Unit of Radiology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

    Paul D. Griffiths

  3. Department of Radiology, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

    Lorne Rosenbloom

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Naidich, T.P., Griffiths, P.D. & Rosenbloom, L. Central nervous system injury in utero: selected entities. Pediatr Radiol 45 (Suppl 3), 454–462 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-015-3344-6

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