New reference values for the neonatal cerebral ventricles

Radiology

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 224-233

  Brouwer, Margaretha J ^a   De Vries, Linda S ^a   Groenendaal, Floris ^a   Koopman, Corine ^a   Pistorius, Lourens R ^a   Mulder, Eduard J H ^a   Benders, Manon J N L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; THALAMUS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 84455179107     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.11110334     Document Type: Article

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