Punctate white matter lesions in infants: New insights using susceptibility-weighted imaging

Neuroradiology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 669-679

  Niwa, Tetsu ^a,c   De Vries, Linda S ^b   Benders, Manon J N L ^b   Takahara, Taro ^a   Nikkels, Peter G J ^a   Groenendaal, Floris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c KANAGAWA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemorrhage; Neonate; Punctate white matter lesions; Susceptibility weighted imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GERMINAL VESICLE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLIOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOMALACIA; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTATE WHITE MATTER LESION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PREGNANCY;

EID: 80054889048     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-011-0872-0     Document Type: Article

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