Myth: Cerebral palsy cannot be predicted by neonatal brain imaging

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 279-287

  De Vries, Linda S ^a   van Haastert, Ingrid C ^a   Benders, Manon J N L ^a   Groenendaal, Floris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Cranial ultrasound; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuroimaging; Newborn

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE INTEGRATED ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EVOKED RESPONSE; GERMINAL MATRIX HEMORRHAGE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMORRHAGIC PARENCHYMAL INFARCTION; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LIMB; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MYELINATION; NEONATAL STROKE; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMATURITY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; SURVIVOR; TERM BIRTH; ULTRASOUND; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL PALSY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 79960997908     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: 18780946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2011.04.004     Document Type: Review

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