General movements and magnetic resonance imaging in the prediction of neuromotor outcome in children born extremely preterm

Early Human Development

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 467-472

  Skiöld, Béatrice ^a   Eriksson, Christina ^a   Eliasson, Ann Christin ^a   Ådén, Ulrika ^a   Vollmer, Brigitte ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Cerebral palsy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurological outcome; Preterm neonate

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENERAL MOVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTONEURON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMATURITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERM EQUIVALENT AGE; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY PREMATURE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84877632248     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2013.03.014     Document Type: Article

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