Disruption of cerebellar development: Potential complication of extreme prematurity

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1659-1667

  Messerschmidt, Agnes ^a   Brugger, Peter C ^b   Boltshauser, Eugen ^e   Zoder, Gerlinde ^d   Sterniste, Walter ^f   Birnbacher, Robert ^a   Prayer, Daniela ^c  

^a ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b Center of Anatomy and Cell Biology   (Austria)

^c University Clinic of Radiodiagnostics   (Austria)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURITY; WHITE MATTER; CEREBELLUM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CEREBELLUM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 24344485189     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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