Correlation between magnetic resonance imaging and clinical profiles of periventricular leukomalacia

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-151

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

^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)

^g Matsudo City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CHILD; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0033143129     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.188.143     Document Type: Article

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