Abnormal white matter appearance on term FLAIR predicts neuro-developmental outcome at 6 years old following preterm birth

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 523-530

  Iwata, Sachiko ^a,b,c   Iwata, Osuke ^a,b,c   Bainbridge, Alan ^c   Nakamura, Tomohiko ^b   Kihara, Hideki ^b   Hizume, Eriko ^b   Sugiura, Masatoshi ^b   Tamura, Masanori ^b   Matsuishi, Toyojiro ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGANO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluid attenuated inversion recovery; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuro developmental disorder; Perinatal hypoxia ischaemia; White matter injury of prematurity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 36549054139     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2007.09.009     Document Type: Article

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