Dorsal brain stem syndrome: MR imaging location of brain stem tegmental lesions in neonates with oral motor dysfunction

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1438-1442

  Quattrocchi, C C ^a   Longo, D ^a   Delfino, L N ^a   Cilio, M R ^a   Piersigilli, F ^a   Capua, M D ^a   Seganti, G ^a   Danhaive, O ^a   Fariello, G ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEGMENTUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUBE FEEDING;

BRAIN STEM; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MOUTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 77956582305     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2103     Document Type: Article

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