Pontine hypoplasia in children with periventricular leukomalacia

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 425-430

  Yoshida, Shoko ^a   Hayakawa, K ^a   Yamamoto, A ^a   Kanda, T ^b   Yamori, Y ^b  

^a KYOTO CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b St Joseph Hospital for Handicapped Children   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN PERIVENTRICULAR LEUKOMALACIA; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; LEUKOMALACIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONTINE HYPOPLASIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEGMENTUM;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MALE; PONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 41149096633     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0873     Document Type: Article

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