Sensory and motor deficits in children with cerebral palsy born preterm correlate with diffusion tensor imaging abnormalities in thalamocortical pathways

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 697-704

  Hoon Jr , Alexander H ^a   Stashinko, Elaine E ^a   Nagae, Lidia M ^b   Lin, Doris D M ^c   Keller, Jennifer ^a   Bastian, Amy ^a   Campbell, Michelle L ^a   Levey, Eric ^a   Mori, Susumu ^c   Johnston, Michael V ^a,c  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYNAMOMETER; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; INFANT; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUADRIPLEGIA; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SPASTICITY; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TOUCH;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SENSATION DISORDERS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 67651196192     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03306.x     Document Type: Article

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