Early cranial ultrasound lesions predict microcephaly at age 2 years in preterm infants

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 188-194

  Krishnamoorthy, Kalpathy S ^a,b   Kuban, Karl C K ^c,d   O'Shea, T Michael ^e   Westra, Sjirk J ^a,b   Allred, Elizabeth N ^b,f,g   Leviton, Alan ^b,f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

cranial ultrasound; ELGAN Study; microcephaly; preterm

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MICROCEPHALY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MICROCEPHALY; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 79551642536     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073810377017     Document Type: Article

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