White matter changes in extremely preterm infants, a population-based diffusion tensor imaging study

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 842-849

  Skiöld, Béatrice ^a   Horsch, Sandra ^a,c   Hallberg, Boubou ^a   Engström, Mathias ^b   Nagy, Zoltan ^a,b   Mosskin, Mikael ^b   Blennow, Mats ^a   Ådén, Ulrika ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Cerebral white matter; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurodevelopment; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBRAL WHITE MATTER ABNORMALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 77951966988     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01634.x     Document Type: Article

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