Abnormal microstructure of the atrophic thalamus in preterm survivors with periventricular leukomalacia

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 185-191

  Nagasunder, A C ^a   Kinney, H C ^b   Blml S ^a,c   Tavare C J ^a   Rosser, T ^a   Gilles, F H ^a   Nelson, M D ^a   Panigrahy, A ^a,d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN PERIVENTRICULAR LEUKOMALACIA; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOMALACIA; MALE; NERVE FIBER; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULVINAR; SCHOOL CHILD; THALAMUS ATROPHY;

ATROPHY; CHILD; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PREMATURE BIRTH; SURVIVORS; THALAMUS;

EID: 78651476695     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2243     Document Type: Article

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