Infant craniospinal ultrasonography: Beyond hemorrhage and hydrocephalus

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 71-85

  Guillerman, R Paul ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGYRIA; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOROID PLEXUS TUMOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SPINAL CORD CYST; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

ANISOTROPY; ARTIFACTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 77949752846     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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