TY - JOUR
T1 - Lactate in the foetal brain
T2 - Detection and implications
AU - Roelants-van Rijn, Ariadne M.
AU - Groenendaal, Floris
AU - Stoutenbeek, Philip
AU - Van Der Grond, Jeroen
PY - 2004/7/1
Y1 - 2004/7/1
N2 - Background and methods: In six hydrocephalic foetuses (gestational age 29-38 wk), proton MR spectroscopy (1H-MRS) was performed in the basal ganglia for detection of lactate in vivo. Results: Lactate was present in two foetal brains, absent in two and not detectable because of movement in two. Conclusion: With adequate immobilization of the foetus, 1H-MRS can be used for detection of foetal brain lactate.
AB - Background and methods: In six hydrocephalic foetuses (gestational age 29-38 wk), proton MR spectroscopy (1H-MRS) was performed in the basal ganglia for detection of lactate in vivo. Results: Lactate was present in two foetal brains, absent in two and not detectable because of movement in two. Conclusion: With adequate immobilization of the foetus, 1H-MRS can be used for detection of foetal brain lactate.
KW - Brain metabolism
KW - Foetus
KW - Hydrocephalus
KW - Lactate
KW - Proton MR spectroscopy
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U2 - 10.1080/08035250410031297
DO - 10.1080/08035250410031297
M3 - Article
C2 - 15303809
AN - SCOPUS:3042608081
SN - 0803-5253
VL - 93
SP - 937
EP - 940
JO - Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics
JF - Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics
IS - 7
ER -