Different patterns of punctate white matter lesions in serially scanned preterm infants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Kersbergen, Karina J ^a   Benders, Manon J N L ^a   Groenendaal, Floris ^a   Koopman Esseboom, Corine ^a   Nievelstein, Rutger A J ^b   Van Haastert, Ingrid C ^a   De Vries, Linda S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREMATURITY; PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; PUNCTATE WHITE MATTER LESION; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; WHITE MATTER LESION; BRAIN; GESTATIONAL AGE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL PALSY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84913557414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108904     Document Type: Article

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