MRI changes and deficits of higher brain functions in preterm diplegia |
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| Authors: | M Goto R Ota M Iai K Sugita Y Tanabe |
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| Institution: | Division of Pediatric Neurologyand Chiba Children's Hospital, Chiba. Japan;Division of Psychology. Chiba Rehabilitation Center Chiba Children's Hospital, Chiba. Japan;Division of Neurology, Chiba Children's Hospital, Chiba. Japan;Department of Pediatrics, Chiba University School of Medicine, Chiba. Japan |
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| Abstract: | Goto M, Ota R, Iai M, Sugita K, Tanabe Y. MRI changes and deficits of higher brain functions in preterm diplegia. Acta Pædiatr 1994;83:506–11. Stockholm. ISSN 0803–5253
Forty-one preterm children (29 with spastic diplegia and 12 without motor deficits) who had a normal verbal IQ were studied to clarify the clinical significance of neuroanatomical abnormalities disclosed by TI-weighted and T2–weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Both types of images clearly showed abnormalities in the frontal corona radiata of the children with spastic diplegia, while there were no abnormalities in the children without motor deficits. We compared the T1–weighted imaging findings with deficits of higher brain functions, evaluated by the performance subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale. Thinning of the parietal and/or occipital white matter was noted in children with visuospatial cognitive deficits. Thus, MRI may be helpful in confirming early clinical suspicions of visuospatial cognitive deficits as well as motor deficits in preterm children, especially those with spastic diplegia. |
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| Keywords: | Higher brain function MRI spastic diplegia |
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