Neonatal transverse cerebellar diameter in normal and growth-restricted infants

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 155-160

  Makhoul, Imad R ^a   Goldstein, Israel ^a   Epelman, Monica ^a   Tamir, Ada ^a   Reece, E Albert ^b   Sujov, Polo ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Gestational age; Intrauterine growth retardation; Neonate; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; ULTRASOUND;

CEPHALOMETRY; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE;

EID: 0033922748     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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