Diffusion tensor imaging in preterm infants with punctate white matter lesions

Pediatric Research

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 561-566

  Bassi, Laura ^a   Chew, Andrew ^b   Merchant, Nazakat ^b   Ball, Gareth ^b   Ramenghi, Luca ^a   Boardman, James ^b   Allsop, Joanna M ^b   Doria, Valentina ^b   Arichi, Tomoki ^b   Mosca, Fabio ^a   Edwards, A David ^b   Cowan, Frances M ^b   Rutherford, Mary A ^b   Counsell, Serena J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GERMINAL LAYER HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INFANT; PONS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PREGNANCY;

EID: 79955803703     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/PDR.0b013e3182182836     Document Type: Article

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