Are incidental findings on brain magnetic resonance images in children merely incidental?

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1511-1516

  Gupta, Surya ^a   Kanamalla, Uday ^b   Gupta, Vikash ^c  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Xavier University School of Medicine   (Aruba)

Author keywords

developmental delay; intracranial incidental findings; magnetic resonance imaging; regression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78650221796     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073810370622     Document Type: Article

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