Is sequential cranial ultrasound reliable for detection of white matter injury in very preterm infants?

Neuroradiology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 397-406

  Leijser, Lara M ^a   De Bruïne, Francisca T ^a   Van Der Grond, Jeroen ^a   Steggerda, Sylke J ^a   Walther, Frans J ^a   Van Wezel Meijler, Gerda ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain; Cranial ultrasound; MRI; Preterminfant; White matter injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77953534953     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-010-0668-7     Document Type: Article

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