Late germinal matrix hemorrhage-like lesions in very preterm infants

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 809-814

  Horsch, Sandra ^a,b   Kutz, Patrizia ^c   Roll, Claudia ^c,d  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

brain; cerebral hemorrhage; cranial ultrasound; follow up; germinolytic pseudocyst; intraventricular hemorrhage; neurodevelopmental outcome; premature infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYLEY SCALES OF INFANT DEVELOPMENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEARING; HUMAN; INFANT; LATE GERMINAL MATRIX HEMORRHAGE LIKE LESION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RANK SUM TEST; VISION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954401538     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073809346849     Document Type: Article

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