Reduced cerebellar diameter in very preterm infants with abnormal general movements

Early Human Development

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Spittle, Alicia J ^a,b,c   Doyle, Lex W ^a,b,c   Anderson, Peter J ^a,b   Inder, Terrie E ^a,d   Lee, Katherine J ^a   Boyd, Roslyn N ^e   Cheong, Jeanie L Y ^a,c  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

General movements; Magnetic resonance imaging; Preterm infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PREMATURITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

AGE FACTORS; CEREBELLUM; DYSKINESIAS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOVEMENT; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; ODDS RATIO; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 77649185636     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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