Cerebral magnetic resonance imaging and mental and motor function of very low birth weight children at six years of age

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 149-154

  Skranes, J S ^a,c   Vik, T ^b   Nilsen, G ^a   Smevik, O ^a   Andersson, H W ^b   Brubakk, A M ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Aust Agder Central Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gliosis; MRI; Myelination; Peabody; PVL; VLBW; WPPSI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FOLLOW UP; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LOCOMOTION; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MYELINATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL SYSTEM; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0030797720     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973692     Document Type: Article

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