Brain Imaging in Neonatal Clinical Trials: In Search of a Gold Standard

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 575-577

  Vaucher, Yvonne E ^a   Pretorius, Dolores H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 34248574678     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.04.002     Document Type: Editorial

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