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ReviewChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2020

Prenatal genetic considerations in congenital ventriculomegaly and hydrocephalus.

Adolfo Etchegaray, Sofia Juarez-Peñalva, Florencia Petracchi, Laura Igarzabal

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Review in Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
9.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Dangling Choroid Plexus: An Early Sign of Fetal Anomaly.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  6. Fetal Corpus Callosum Anomalies: A Review of Underlying Genetic Disorders and Prenatal Testing Options.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2025
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  13. Genetic and molecular mechanisms of hydrocephalus.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2024
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  17. [Pregnancy Outcomes and Prognosis of Fetal Ventriculomegaly: A Retrospective Cohort Study].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2022
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  18. CNS Malformations in the Newborn.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2022
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  20. Genomics of human congenital hydrocephalus.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Adolfo EtchegarayUnidad de Medicina Fetal, Hospital Universitario Austral, Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina. aetchega@cas.austral.edu.ar.ORCID 0000-0002-6241-0596
Sofia Juarez-PeñalvaUnidad de Medicina Fetal, Hospital Universitario Austral, Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Florencia PetracchiServicio de Genética, CEMIC, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Laura IgarzabalServicio de Genética, CEMIC, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas Norberto Quirno · ARHospital Universitario Austral · AR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFetal ventriculomegaly (VM) is a frequent finding in prenatal ultrasound. Rather than a proper diagnosis, VM is a sonographic sign, making prenatal counseling a complex and challenging undertaking. VM can range from severe pathologic processes leading to severe neurodevelopmental delay to normal variants. DISCUSSION: A growing number of genetic conditions with different pathophysiological mechanisms, inheritance patterns, and long-term prognosis have been associated both to isolated and complex fetal VM. These include chromosomal abnormalities, copy number variants, and several single gene diseases. In this review, we describe some of the most common genetic conditions associated with fetal VM and provide a simplified diagnostic workflow for the clinician.

Indexed as

HydrocephalusNervous System MalformationsFemaleFetusHumansPregnancyPrenatal CarePrenatal DiagnosisUltrasonography, PrenatalCongenital hydrocephalusFetal ventriculomegalyPrenatal diagnosisPrenatal genetic testing

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PMID32006096
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