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A case of Dandy-Walker syndrome was diagnosed by ultrasound during the 30th week of pregnancy, observed again more clearly at 33 weeks and confirmed by CT after birth.
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Fileni, A., Colosimo, C., Mirk, P. et al. Dandy-Walker syndrome: Diagnosis in utero by means of ultrasound and CT correlations. Neuroradiology 24, 233–235 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00399778
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