Early cranial ultrasound changes as predictors of outcome during first year of life in term infants with perinatal asphyxia

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 363-369

  Boo, N Y ^a,b   Chandran, V ^a   Zulfiqar, M A ^a   Zamratol, S M ^a   Nyein, M K ^b   Haliza, M S ^a   Lye, M S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cranial ultrasonography; Perinatal asphyxia; Term infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HYPOXIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS DISTRESS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; ULTRASOUND;

APGAR SCORE; ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; BRAIN; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033855127     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2000.00518.x     Document Type: Article

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