Interobserver Reliability and Accuracy of Cranial Ultrasound Scanning Interpretation in Premature Infants

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Hintz, Susan R ^a   Slovis, Thomas ^b   Bulas, Dorothy ^c   Van Meurs, Krisa P ^a   Perritt, Rebecca ^d   Stevenson, David K ^a   Poole, W Kenneth ^d   Das, Abhik ^d   Higgins, Rosemary D ^e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 34248532250     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.02.012     Document Type: Article

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