Preterm screening by transfontanelar ultrasound - results of a 5 years cohort study

Medical Ultrasonography

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 204-210

  Brezan, Florin ^a   Ritivoiu, Mirela ^a   Drǎgan, Amalia ^b   Codreanu, Ioana ^b   Rǎducanu, Diana ^b   Feier, Diana ^c   Anca, Ioana Alina ^a  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b Institute for Mother and Child Care Prof Dr A Rusescu   (Romania)

^c IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Neurological outcome; Preterm; Screening; Transfontanelar ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN SCREENING; PARENT COUNSELING; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE;

COHORT STUDIES; CRANIAL FONTANELLES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84868032879     PISSN: 18444172     EISSN: 20668643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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