The use of ultrasound in evaluating neurologic diseases of childhood

Real-time cranial sonography, intracranial Doppler, and neuromuscular sonography are the sonographic techniques that are applicable to the neurologic evaluation of infants and children. Although limited by age, specificity, and operator skill and experience, the advantages of real-time cranial and i...

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Published inNeurologic clinics Vol. 8; no. 3; p. 759
Main Author Fischer, A Q
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.08.1990
Subjects
Adolescent
Brain - pathology
Brain Damage, Chronic - diagnostic imaging
Brain Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Child
Child, Preschool
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Muscles - pathology
Neuromuscular Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Ultrasonography
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Summary:Real-time cranial sonography, intracranial Doppler, and neuromuscular sonography are the sonographic techniques that are applicable to the neurologic evaluation of infants and children. Although limited by age, specificity, and operator skill and experience, the advantages of real-time cranial and intracranial Doppler sonography make them useful techniques in the evaluation of the young infant, particularly in the serial assessment of ventricular size and in the study of the critically ill infant. The use of neuromuscular sonography in the assessment of the floppy infant and in the guidance of biopsy makes this an increasingly valuable tool.
ISSN:0733-8619
DOI:10.1016/S0733-8619(18)30347-5