Correlation of grading and duration of periventricular echodensities with neurodevelopmental outcome in preterm infants

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 810-815

  Resch, Bernhard ^a   Jammernegg, Andrea ^a   Perl, Eva ^a   Riccabona, Michael ^b   Maurer, Ute ^a   Müller, Wilhelm D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Universitatsklinik fur Kinder und Jugendheilkunde Graz   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brain; Infants; Periventricular echodensities; Preterm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33746577932     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0178-2     Document Type: Article

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