Diffusion tractography and neuromotor outcome in very preterm children with white matter abnormalities

Pediatric Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 86-92

  Estep, Meredith E ^a   Smyser, Christopher D ^a,b   Anderson, Peter J ^c,d   Ortinau, Cynthia M ^a   Wallendorf, Michael ^a   Katzman, Charles S ^a   Doyle, Lex W ^c,d,e   Thompson, Deanne K ^c   Neil, Jeffery J ^a,b,f   Inder, Terrie E ^a,b,f   Shimony, Joshua S ^f  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAPSULA INTERNA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TRACTOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MOTONEURON; MYELINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN PERIOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SCHOOL CHILD; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER ABNORMALITY;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CHILD; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY PREMATURE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS;

EID: 84902653235     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2014.45     Document Type: Article

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