Electroencephalogram and flash visual evoked potentials for detecting periventricular leukomalacia

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 226-232

  Kidokoro, H ^a,b   Okumura, A ^b,c   Kato, T ^a,d   Hayakawa, F ^d   Natsume, J ^b   Kubota, T ^a   Watanabe, K ^e   Kojima, S ^b  

^a ANJO KOSEI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Okazaki City Hospital   (Japan)

^e AICHI SHUKUTOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

(PVL); Electroencephalogram (EEG); Flash visual evoked; Periventricular leukomalacia; Potentials (FVEPs)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 59949087392     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1105902     Document Type: Article

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