Serial ultrasonographic observation of bilateral thalami in low birth weight infants with periventricular leukomalacia

Brain and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 394-399

  Fukuda, Sumio ^a   Yokoi, Kyoko ^a   Suzuki, Satoshi ^a   Goto, Haruo ^a  

^a Johoku Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

LBW; Periventricular leukomalacia; Thalamus; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BRAIN PERIVENTRICULAR LEUKOMALACIA; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOMALACIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MALE; THALAMUS;

EID: 79954571029     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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