Sequential cranial ultrasound and cerebellar diffusion weighted imaging contribute to the early prognosis of neurodevelopmental outcome in preterm infants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Brouwer, Margaretha J ^a   Van Kooij, Britt J M ^a   Van Haastert, Ingrid C ^a   Koopman Esseboom, Corine ^a   Groenendaal, Floris ^a   De Vries, Linda S ^a   Benders, Manon J N L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYLEY SCALES OF INFANT DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREMATURITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; WHITE MATTER; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; ECHOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SKULL;

CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROIMAGING; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; SKULL;

EID: 84908200321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109556     Document Type: Article

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