Establishment of nomograms and reference ranges for intra-cranial ventricular dimensions and ventriculo-hemispheric ratio in newborns by ultrasonography

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 738-744

  Sondhi, Vishal ^a,b   Gupta, Girish ^a   Gupta, P K ^a   Patnaik, Suprabha K ^a   Tshering, Kinley ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b MILITARY HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Neurosonography; Ventricular dimensions; Ventriculo hemispheric ratio

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR FONTANEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NOMOGRAM; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; THALAMUS;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRANIAL SUTURES; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NOMOGRAMS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 43249125979     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00765.x     Document Type: Article

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