Head ultrasonograhy as a screening tool in apparently healthy asymptomatic term neonates

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-13

  Gover, Ayala ^a   Bader, David ^a   Weinger Abend, Martha ^a   Chystiakov, Irena ^a   Miller, Elka ^d   Riskin, Arieh ^a   Hochwald, Ori ^a   Beni Adani, Liana ^c   Tirosh, Emanuel ^b   Kugelman, Amir ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cranial ultrasound; Head ultrasound; Neurological examination; Screening; Term infant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SCREENING; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE TONE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISION TEST;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN DISEASES; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79551697780     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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