Diffusion-weighted MR imaging in the early diagnosis of periventricular leukomalacia

European Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1571-1576

  Bozzao, Alessandro ^a   Di Paolo, Ambrogio ^b   Mazzoleni, Clarissa ^b   Fasoli, Fabrizio ^b   Simonetti, Alessandra ^b   Fantozzi, Luigi Maria ^a,c   Floris, Roberto ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted MR imaging; Periventricular leukomalacia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOMALACIA; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND;

BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0038267113     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-002-1815-2     Document Type: Article

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