Reference ranges for the linear dimensions of the intracranial ventricles in preterm neonates

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2000, Pages

  Davies, M W ^a   Swaminathan, M ^a   Chuang, S L ^a   Betheras, F R ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cranial ultrasound; Preterm infants; Reference range; Ventricular measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

EID: 0034105953     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.82.3.f218     Document Type: Article

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