MRI measurements of the pons and cerebellum in children born preterm; associations with the severity of periventricular leukomalacia and perinatal risk factors
| Autor: | A. Bassounas, Meropi Tzoufi, Aikaterini Drougia, P. I. Argyropoulou, S. C. Efremidis, V. Xydis, Maria I. Argyropoulou, Styliani Andronikou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Cerebellum Leukomalacia Periventricular/*diagnosis/etiology Leukomalacia Periventricular Corpus callosum Severity of Illness Index Central nervous system disease Risk Factors Pons Internal medicine medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Infant Premature Periventricular leukomalacia Magnetic Resonance Imaging Cerebral infarction business.industry Pons Varolii Infant Newborn Infant Gestational age Anatomy medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Case-Control Studies Cardiology Female Neurology (clinical) Pons/*pathology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Cerebellum/*pathology |
| Zdroj: | Neuroradiology. 45:730-734 |
| ISSN: | 1432-1920 0028-3940 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00234-003-1067-0 |
| Popis: | Our purpose was to measure the size of the pons and cerebellum in preterm babies with periventricular leukomalacia (PVL), and to study their relationship with the severity of PVL and with perinatal risk factors. We examined 33 premature children, mean gestational age 31 weeks, range 26-36 weeks with PVL on MRI, and 27 full-term controls. On MRI at 0.4-5.5 years (mean 1.4 years) we measured the area of the corpus callosum and vermis, the anteroposterior diameter of the pons and the volume of the cerebellum. The area of the corpus callosum was used as a marker of white matter loss and PVL severity. All regional brain measurements except that of the vermis were significantly lower in patients than controls: corpus callosum (mm(2)): 239.6+/-92.5 vs 434.8+/-126.8, P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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