Periventricular leukomalacia and persistent echodensities: Ultrasound findings and sequelae;Leucomalacia periventricular e hiperecogenicidad persistente: Relacion entre hallazgos ecograficos y secuelas

Anales Espanoles de Pediatria

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 471-476

  Chasco Yrigoyen, A ^a   Pallas Alonso C R ^a   Miralles Molina, M ^b   Medina Lopez Ma C ^a   Simon De Las Heras R ^b   Rodriguez Gimenez C ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b Radiología Pediátrica ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

cerebral ultrasound; echodensities; leukomalacia; outcome; very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKOMALACIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MONITORING; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASOUND; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030855725     PISSN: 03024342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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