Cerebral measurements made using cranial ultrasound in term Ugandan newborns

Early Human Development

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 341-347

  Hagmann, C F ^a   Robertson, N J ^a   Acolet, D ^b   Nyombi, N ^c   Ondo, S ^d   Nakakeeto, M ^c   Cowan, F M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African; Cerebral measurements; Cranial ultrasound; Normal; Term neonate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERM BIRTH; UGANDA;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SKULL; UGANDA;

EID: 79954595672     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.01.044     Document Type: Article

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