Cerebellar hemorrhage in very low birth weight premature infants: The advantage of the posterolateral fontanelle view

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 395-401

  Soudack, Michalle ^a   Jacobson, Jeffrey ^a   Raviv Zilka, Lisa ^a   Ben Shlush, Aviva ^a   Kuint, Jacob ^a,b  

^a Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Hemorrhage; Infant; Ischemia; Pediatrics; Premature; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FONTANEL; HUMAN; INFANT; ISCHEMIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; PROCEDURES;

CEREBELLUM; HEMORRHAGE; INFANT; ISCHEMIA; PEDIATRICS; PREMATURE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CRANIAL FONTANELLES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84881555951     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.22067     Document Type: Article

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