Long-term Outcome of Preterm Infants and the Role of Neuroimaging

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 773-789

  Myers, Eliza ^a   Ment, Laura R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Follow up; Neuroimaging; Outcome; Plasticity; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

BLINDNESS; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBRAL PALSY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRYOTHERAPY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORBIDITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN THERAPY; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; REVIEW; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VISUAL DISORDER;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70450182304     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2009.07.008     Document Type: Review

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