Corpus callosum alterations in very preterm infants: Perinatal correlates and 2year neurodevelopmental outcomes

NeuroImage

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 3571-3581

  Thompson, Deanne K ^a,b   Inder, Terrie E ^c   Faggian, Nathan ^a   Warfield, Simon K ^d   Anderson, Peter J ^a,b   Doyle, Lex W ^a,b   Egan, Gary F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neonate; Prematurity; Tractography

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAYLEY SCALES OF INFANT DEVELOPMENT II; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM ALTERATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYELINATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855172970     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.11.057     Document Type: Article

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