Diffusion-weighted imaging of cerebral white matter and the cerebellum following preterm birth

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 652-659

  Hart, Anthony R ^a   Whitby, Elspeth H ^b   Clark, Simon J ^a   Paley, Martyn N J ^b   Smith, Michael F ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CEREBELLUM; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETER; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PREMATURE BIRTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEPSIS;

EID: 77954423763     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03590.x     Document Type: Article

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