Value of neurosonography in predicting subsequent cognitive and motor development in extremely low birth weight neonates

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 629-634

  LeFlore, Judy L ^a   Broyles, R Sue ^b   Pritchard, Marcia A ^c   Engle, William D ^b  

^a CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; OXYGEN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM;

CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0348217988     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211009     Document Type: Article

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