Magnetic resonance imaging of the preterm infant brain

Current Pediatric Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-55

  Doria, Valentina ^a   Arichi, Tomoki ^a,b   Edwards, A David ^a,b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Brain; MRI; Neurodevelopmental outcome; Preterm infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CEREBRAL PALSY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL LOBE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; THALAMUS; ULTRASOUND; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER LESION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; PROGNOSIS; TRACTOGRAPHY;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL PALSY; COGNITION DISORDERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84904205749     PISSN: 15733963     EISSN: 18756336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339631001140408120821     Document Type: Article

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