Reader variability in the use of diagnostic terms to describe white matter lesions seen on cranial scans of severely premature infants: The ELGAN study

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 409-419

  Westra, Sjirk ^a   Adler, Ira ^b   Batton, Daniel ^c   Betz, Bradford ^d   Bezinque, Steven ^d   Durfee, Sara ^e   Ecklund, Kirsten ^f   Feinstein, Kate ^g   Fordham, Lynn ^h   Junewick, Joseph ^d   Lorenzo, Robert ⁱ   McCauley, Roy ^j   Miller, Cindy ^k   Seibert, Joanna ^l   Kuban, Karl ^m   Allred, Elizabeth ^f   Leviton, Alan ^f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Eastern Radiologists Inc   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HELEN DEVOS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^j TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l Arkansas Children's Hospital   (United States)

^m BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Diagnostic classifications; Multicenter studies; Neurosonography; Prematurity; White matter lesions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PREMATURITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; OBSERVER VARIATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 78149382317     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20708     Document Type: Article

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