The role of cranial ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of infections of the central nervous system

Early Human Development

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 819-825

  de Vries, Linda S ^a   Verboon Maciolek, Malgorzata A ^a   Cowan, Frances M ^b   Groenendaal, Floris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Meningitis; MRI; Newborn; TORCH; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EPENDYMA CELL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VIRUS INFECTION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 33750616303     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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