Understanding Brain Injury and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities in the Preterm Infant: The Evolving Role of Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-66

  Mathur, Amit M ^a   Neil, Jeffrey J ^a   Inder, Terrie E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

brain injury; MRI; prematurity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBRAL PALSY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 74549147579     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2009.10.006     Document Type: Review

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