Relationship between white matter apparent diffusion coefficients in preterm infants at term-equivalent age and developmental outcome at 2 years

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Krishnan, Michelle L ^a   Dyet, Leigh E ^a   Boardman, James P ^a   Kapellou, Olga ^a   Allsop, Joanna M ^a   Cowan, Frances ^a   Edwards, A David ^a   Rutherford, Mary A ^a   Counsell, Serena J ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; Diffusion weighted imaging; MRI; Neurodevelopmental outcome; Preterm

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INOTROPISM; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548400654     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-3054     Document Type: Article

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