Clinical implications of MR imaging findings in the white matter in very preterm infants: A 2-year follow-up study

Radiology

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 899-906

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

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIFFUSE EXCESSIVE HIGH SIGNAL INTENSITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DELAY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY; PUNCTATE WHITE MATTER LESION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; TERM EQUIVALENT AGE; VERY PRETERM INFANT;

CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 81555218155     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.11110797     Document Type: Article

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