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SUBMITTER: Hintz SR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4279063 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hintz Susan R SR Barnes Patrick D PD Bulas Dorothy D Slovis Thomas L TL Finer Neil N NN Wrage Lisa A LA Das Abhik A Tyson Jon E JE Stevenson David K DK Carlo Waldemar A WA Walsh Michele C MC Laptook Abbot R AR Yoder Bradley A BA Van Meurs Krisa P KP Faix Roger G RG Rich Wade W Newman Nancy S NS Cheng Helen H Heyne Roy J RJ Vohr Betty R BR Acarregui Michael J MJ Vaucher Yvonne E YE Pappas Athina A Peralta-Carcelen Myriam M Wilson-Costello Deanne E DE Evans Patricia W PW Goldstein Ricki F RF Myers Gary J GJ Poindexter Brenda B BB McGowan Elisabeth C EC Adams-Chapman Ira I Fuller Janell J Higgins Rosemary D RD
Pediatrics 20141201 1
<h4>Background</h4>Extremely preterm infants are at risk for neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI). Early cranial ultrasound (CUS) is usual practice, but near-term brain MRI has been reported to better predict outcomes. We prospectively evaluated MRI white matter abnormality (WMA) and cerebellar lesions, and serial CUS adverse findings as predictors of outcomes at 18 to 22 months' corrected age.<h4>Methods</h4>Early and late CUS, and brain MRI were read by masked central readers, in a large cohort ...[more]