White matter volume and anisotropy in preterm children: A pilot study of neurocognitive correlates

Pediatric Research

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 732-736

  Yung, Ada ^a   Poon, Grace ^a   Qiu, De Qiang ^a   Chu, Joanne ^b   Lam, Barbara ^a   Leung, Connie ^a   Goh, Winnie ^a   Khong, Pek Lan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b STEP Center for Child Development   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PILOT STUDY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WHITE MATTER;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 34249058942     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/pdr.0b013e31805365db     Document Type: Article

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