Ultrasound detection of white matter injury in very preterm neonates: practical implications

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL.4, 2011, Pages 29-34

  Van Wezel Meijler, Gerda ^a   De Bruïne, Francisca T ^a   Steggerda, Sylke J ^a   Van Den Berg Huysmans, Annette ^a   Zeilemaker, Sijme ^a   Leijser, Lara M ^a   Van Der Grond, Jeroen ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN VENTRICLE HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL PALSY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER INJURY;

CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 80053162888     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04060.x     Document Type: Article

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