Neuroimaging and neurodevelopmental outcome of premature infants

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 803-818

  El Dib, Mohamed ^a,b   Massaro, An N ^a,b   Bulas, Dorothy ^a,b   Aly, Hany ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

brain injury; CT; head ultrasound; MRI; preterm

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN PERIVENTRICULAR LEUKOMALACIA; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; GRAY MATTER; GRAY MATTER INJURY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEUKOMALACIA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER INJURY;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77958124584     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1254550     Document Type: Review

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