Diagnostic value of subependymal pseudocysts and choroid plexus cysts on neonatal cerebral ultrasound: A meta-analysis

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Fernandez Alvarez, J R ^a   Amess, P N ^a   Gandhi, R S ^a   Rabe, H ^a  

^a ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOROID PLEXUS CYST; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CYST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBEPENDYMAL PSEUDOCYST; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

BRAIN DISEASES; CHOROID PLEXUS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CYSTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70350440284     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.155028     Document Type: Article

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