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MR imaging of acquired fetal brain disorders

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Introduction

Acquired fetal brain disorders represent the third indication of fetal brain MRI, after ventricular dilatation and malformations of the central nervous system.

Discussion

MRI is an adequate imaging technique for evaluating fetal brain damage. Fetal brain response to brain injury may be acute, chronic or a combination of acute and chronic. An acute response is not as common in the fetal brain as in the postnatal period. A chronic response or the combination of chronic and acute response are the most common responses of the fetal brain to injury, whatever its origin. MRI also provides the natural history of acquired fetal brain lesions with regard to the stage of development.

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  1. Department of Radiology, AP-HM Nord, Université de la Méditerranée, Chemin des Bourrelly, 13915, Marseille Cedex 20, France

    Nadine Girard

  2. Department of Neonatology, AP-HM Nord, Université de la Méditerranée, Chemin des Bourrelly, 13915, Marseille Cedex 20, France

    Catherine Gire

  3. Department of Genetics, AP-HM Timone, Université de la Méditerranée, Chemin des Bourrelly, 13915, Marseille Cedex 20, France

    Sabine Sigaudy

  4. Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology, AP-HM Conception, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France

    Géraldine Porcu

  5. Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology, AP-HM Nord, Université de la Méditerranée, Chemin des Bourrelly, 13915, Marseille Cedex 20, France

    Claude d'Ercole

  6. Department of Pathology, AP-HM Timone, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France

    Dominique Figarella-Branger

  7. Department of Neuroradiology, AP-HM Timone, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France

    Charles Raybaud

  8. Centre de Résonance Biologique et Médicale, UMR-CNRS 6612, Faculté de Médicine, Timone, Marseille, France

    Sylviane Confort-Gouny

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Girard, N., Gire, C., Sigaudy, S. et al. MR imaging of acquired fetal brain disorders. Childs Nerv Syst 19, 490–500 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-003-0761-x

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