Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in very preterm infants: Visualization of the germinal matrix, early myelination, and cortical folding

Pediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 957-962

  Battin, Malcolm R ^a   Maalouf, Elia F ^a   Counsell, Serena J ^a   Herlihy, Amy H ^a   Rutherford, Mary A ^a   Azzopardi, Denis ^a   Edwards, A David ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortex; Germinal matrix; Glia; Magnetic resonance, imaging; Myelination; Newborn brain; Preterm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MYELINATION; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0031838414     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.101.6.957     Document Type: Article

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