Early Human Development
Volume 83, Issue 1 , Pages 63-68 , January 2007

Isolated parenchymal lesions on cranial ultrasound in very preterm infants in the context of maternal infection

  • M.A. Turner

      Affiliations

    • Academic Unit of Child Health, University of Manchester, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. University of Liverpool, Liverpool Women's Hospital, Crown Street, Liverpool L8 7SS, UK. Tel.: +44 151 702 4118; fax: +44 151 702 4024.
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  • S. Vause

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St. Mary's Hospital, Hathersage Road, Manchester M13 0JH, UK
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  • L. Howell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, St. Mary's Hospital, Hathersage Road, Manchester M13 0JH, UK
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  • D. Wood

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, St. Mary's Hospital, Hathersage Road, Manchester M13 0JH, UK
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  • E. Herbert

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St. Mary's Hospital, Hathersage Road, Manchester M13 0JH, UK
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  • S. Rimmer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Radiology, St. Mary's Hospital, Hathersage Road, Manchester M13 0JH, UK
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  • M.L. Chiswick

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neonatal Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital, Hathersage Road, Manchester M13 0JH, UK
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  • S.W. D'Souza

      Affiliations

    • Academic Unit of Child Health, University of Manchester, UK

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PII: S0378-3782(06)00152-6

doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2006.05.007

Early Human Development
Volume 83, Issue 1 , Pages 63-68 , January 2007

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