National survey of periventricular leukomalacia in Japan

Pediatrics International

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 239-243

  Fujimoto, Shinji ^a   Togari, Hajime ^a   Takashima, Sachio ^b   Funato, Masahisa ^c   Yoshioka, Hiroshi ^d   Ibara, Satoshi ^e   Tatsuno, Masaru ^f  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^c YODOGAWA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e Kagoshima City Hospital   (Japan)

^f SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; National survey; Periventricular leukomalacia; Preterm infant; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LEUKOMALACIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

CEREBRAL PALSY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; JAPAN; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR;

EID: 0031844737     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1998.tb01919.x     Document Type: Article

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