Bilateral cystic periventricular leukomalacia in the premature infant: Associated risk factors

Pediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 6 I, 1996, Pages 822-827

  Perlman, Jeffrey M ^a   Risser, Rick ^a   Broyles, R Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

chorioamnionitis; cranial ultrasound scans; cystic periventricular leukomalacia; neurodevelopmental outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; LEUKOMALACIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029892775     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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