A critical review of cranial ultrasounds: Is there a closer association between intraventricular blood, white matter abnormalities or cysts, and cerebral palsy?

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 319-323

  Weiss, Hali E ^a   Goldstein, Ruth B ^b   Piecuch, Robert E ^b  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0033005111     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289903800601     Document Type: Article

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