Serial head ultrasound studies in preterm infants: How many normal studies does one infant need to exclude significant abnormalities?

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 104-110

  Nwafor Anene, Victoria N ^a   DeCristofaro, Joseph D ^a   Baumgart, Stephen ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LEUKOMALACIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREMATURITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037367767     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7210869     Document Type: Article

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