Abnormal cerebral structure is present at term in premature infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 286-294

  Inder, Terrie E ^a,d,e   Warfield, Simon K ^b   Wang, Hong ^a   Hüppi, Petra S ^c,d   Volpe, Joseph J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurodevelopmental outcome; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; HISTOLOGY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PATHOLOGY;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 17844410407     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0326     Document Type: Article

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