Lenticulostriate vasculopathy in extremely low gestational age newborns: Inter-rater variability of cranial ultrasound readings, antecedents and postnatal characteristics

Journal of Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 183-193

  Sisman, Julide ^a   Logan, J Wells ^b,c   Westra, Sjirk J ^d,e   Allred, Elizabeth N ^d,f,g   Leviton, Alan ^d,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

basal ganglia; cranial ultrasound; Lenticulostriate vasculopathy; thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANTECEDENT VARIABLE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LENTICULOSTRIATE VASCULOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PH; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRESSURE; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RADIOLOGIST; SCORE FOR NEONATAL ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY II; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TRACHEITIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 84913609966     PISSN: 13042580     EISSN: 18759041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JPN-140661     Document Type: Article

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