Neurologic sequelae and MRI in low-birth weight patients.
Periventricular hyperintensity was detected using long repetition and echo time on spin-echo magnetic resonance imaging in 24 of 32 children with birth weights less than 2,500 gm. Functionally, 11 children were normal, 6 mildly handicapped, 7 moderately handicapped, and 8 severely handicapped. The functional handicaps were correlated to the degree of periventricular hyperintensity observed on magnetic resonance imaging when periventricular hyperintensity was divided into 4 grades; therefore, the extent of periventricular hyperintensity observed on magnetic resonance imaging has been proved to be of value in the clinical assessment of low-birth weight infants and children and may contribute to the prediction of later functional deficits.
Sugita
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Department of Pediatrics, Chiba University School of Medicine, Japan.
Takeuchi
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Iai
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Tanabe
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D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology