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Fetal neurology, formerly describing observations on prematurely born babies, has become an adjunct to morphological assessment of the developing nervous system on prenatal imaging studies. A multidisciplinary approach has provided the best results.
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Malinger, G., Lev, D., Lerman-Sagie, T. (2010). The Fetal Neurology Clinic – A Multidisciplinary Approach. In: Prayer, D. (eds) Fetal MRI. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2010_95
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