No structural cerebral differences between children with a history of bacterial meningitis and healthy siblings

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1390-1396

  De Jonge, Rogier C J ^a   Swart, Joost F ^a   Koomen, Irene ^a   Rombouts, Serge A R B ^a,b   Gemke, Reinoud J B J ^a   Barkhof, Frederik ^a   Van Furth, A Marceline ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Brain; Child; Hippocampus; Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN SIZE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIBLINGS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 51349140018     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00944.x     Document Type: Article

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