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- noun medicine
Softening of thewhite matter of thebrain .
Etymologies
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These neurologic sequela are manifested as periventricular leukomalacia, seen on MRI or CT scans.
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Much of the decline seemed to be related to a 93 percent drop in the number of preterm infants with severe damage to the white matter of the newborn's brain, called cystic periventricular leukomalacia.
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And a study at the University of California, San Francisco, found a falling rate of cystic periventricular leukomalacia after the early 1990s.
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And a study at the University of California, San Francisco, found a falling rate of cystic periventricular leukomalacia after the early 1990s.
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Much of the decline seemed to be related to a 93 percent drop in the number of preterm infants with severe damage to the white matter of the newborn's brain, called cystic periventricular leukomalacia.
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These may include: respiratory distress; anemia; sepsis; intraventricular haemorrhage; and periventricular leukomalacia.
Instapundit 2010
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These may include: respiratory distress; anemia; sepsis; intraventricular haemorrhage; and periventricular leukomalacia.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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/or with periventricular leukomalacia did not experience more adverse events, except fever.
Naturejobs - All Jobs A K Furck 2010
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In fact, infants born weighing 1.1 to 2.2 pounds who had the highest concentrations of cortisol had increased rates of death, severe intraventricular hemorrhage, periventricular leukomalacia, and gastrointestinal perforation (
MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2008
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