Neonatal MRI in preterm infants with periventricular leukomalacia and mild disability

Pediatrics International

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 780-785

  Jinnou, Hideo ^a,b   Kouwaki, Masanori ^b,c   Kiyosawa, Syusuke ^c   Yokochi, Kenji ^b,c  

^a SEIREI HAMAMATSU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOYOHASHI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Periventricular leukomalacia; Preterm infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WHITE MATTER;

CEREBRAL PALSY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LATERAL VENTRICLES; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 73349116579     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2009.02857.x     Document Type: Article

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