Magnetization transfer ratio in the brain of preterm subjects: Age-related changes during the first 2 years of life

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 215-220

  Xydis, Vassilios ^a   Astrakas, Loukas ^a   Zikou, Anastasia ^a   Pantou, Kostandina ^b   Andronikou, Styliani ^b   Argyropoulou, Maria I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brain; Magnetization transfer; Myelination; Preterm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CALCULATION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYELINATION; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SEIZURE; THALAMUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 30844459040     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-2796-8     Document Type: Article

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