Is Periventricular Leukomalacia an Axonopathy as Well as an Oligopathy?

Pediatric Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 453-457

  Dammann, Olaf ^a   Hagberg, Henrik ^a   Leviton, Alan ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXONAL INJURY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; HYDROCEPHALUS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPATHY; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND; WHITE MATTER;

AXONS; BRAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; OLIGODENDROGLIA;

EID: 0035070026     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-200104000-00003     Document Type: Review

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