Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in infants with periventricular leukomalacia

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 233-238

  Kidokoro, H ^a,b   Kubota, T ^a   Ohe, H ^a   Hattori, T ^a   Kato, Y ^a   Miyajima, Y ^a   Ogawa, A ^a   Okumura, A ^c   Watanabe, K ^d   Kojima, S ^b  

^a ANJO KOSEI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d AICHI SHUKUTOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI); Leukomalacia (PVL); Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Periventricular

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 59849111118     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1103274     Document Type: Article

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