Neurodevelopmental Outcome of Malaysian Very Low Birth Weight Infants: Predictive Value of Cranial Ultrasound Appearances

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 108-111

  Ong, L C ^a   Boo, N Y ^a   Chandran, V ^a   Zulfiqar, A ^b   Zamratol, S M ^b   Allison, L ^b   Teoh, S L ^b   Nyein, M K ^b   Lye, M S ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cranial ultrasound; Intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH); Malaysian; Neurodevelopmental outcome; Very low birthweight infants (VLBW)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALAYSIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL; STATISTICS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHINA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALAYSIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL;

EID: 0031090781     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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