Periventricular leukomalacia in premature infants: Value of US and MRI for prognosis;Leucomalacie periventriculaire du premature: Role pronostique de l'echographie et de l'IRM

Journal de Radiologie

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 715-720

  Murgo, S ^a   Avni, E F ^a   David, Ph ^a   Muller, M F ^a   Golzarian, J ^a   Baleriaux D ^a   Struyven, J ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Leukomalacia; MRI; Prematurity; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WHITE MATTER; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; NEWBORN; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033162807     PISSN: 02210363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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