Cranial Ultrasonography in Neonates: Role and Limitations

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-38

  van Wezel Meijler, Gerda ^a   Steggerda, Sylke J ^a   Leijser, Lara M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

brain; cranial ultrasonography; neonate

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MATURATION; CEREBELLUM INJURY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; GRAY MATTER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MYELINATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARD; SYMPTOM; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 74549163226     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2009.10.002     Document Type: Review

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