Newborn frontal horn cysts: Cause for concern

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 98-103

  Unger, S ^a   Salem, S ^b   Wylie, L ^c   Shah, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

cranial; cyst; infant newborn; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL HORN CYST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREMATURITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LATERAL VENTRICLES; NEONATAL SCREENING;

EID: 79551633317     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2010.79     Document Type: Article

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