Brain and ventricles in very low birth weight infants at term: A comparison among head circumference, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 617-626

  Maunu, Jonna ^a   Parkkola, Riitta ^a   Rikalainen, Hellevi ^a   Lehtonen, Liisa ^a   Haataja, Leena ^a   Lapinleimu, Helena ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brain volumes; Preterm; Ventricular dilatation; Ventricular brain ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; ULTRASOUND; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEWBORN; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; TERM BIRTH;

BRAIN; CEPHALOMETRY; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 61549089673     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-3264     Document Type: Article

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