Sequential neurological examinations in infants with neonatal encephalopathy and low Apgar scores: Relationship with brain MRI

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 148-153

  Ricci, D ^a,b   Guzzetta, A ^a,c   Cowan, F ^a   Haataja, L ^a,d   Rutherford, M ^a   Dubowitz, L ^a   Mercuri, E ^a,b,e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^d TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain MRI; Full term; Infant; Neurological

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOLUTION; FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUCKING; VISION; WALKING AID; WHITE MATTER;

APGAR SCORE; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33749033360     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-924333     Document Type: Article

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