Cranial magnetic resonance imaging and school performance in very low birth weight infants in adolescence

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages

  Cooke, R W I ^a   Abernethy, L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning disorder; MRI; Periventricular leucomalacia; Very low birthweight

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LEUKOMALACIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0032770656     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.81.2.F116     Document Type: Article

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