Cerebellar volume and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy at term, and neurodevelopment at 2years of age in preterm infants

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 260-266

  Van Kooij, Britt J M ^a   Benders, Manon J N L ^a   Anbeek, Petronella ^a   Van Haastert, Ingrid C ^a   De Vries, Linda S ^a   Groenendaal, Floris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BAYLEY SCALE OF INFANT AND TODDLER DEVELOPMENT III; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLAR VOLUME; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLINE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROTONS;

EID: 84857033494     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04168.x     Document Type: Article

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