White-Matter Injury is Associated With Impaired Gaze in Premature Infants

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-15

  Glass, Hannah C ^a,b   Fujimoto, Shinji ^a   Ceppi Cozzio, Camilla ^a   Bartha, Agnes I ^a   Vigneron, Daniel B ^b   Barkovich, A James ^a,b   Glidden, David V ^b   Ferriero, Donna M ^a,b   Miller, Steven P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GAZE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WHITE MATTER;

AGE FACTORS; CEREBRUM; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 36549016578     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.08.019     Document Type: Article

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