TY - BOOK AU - Wezel-Meijler, Gerda van TI - Neonatal cranial ultrasonography SN - 3540699066 PY - 2007/// CY - Berlin PB - Springer KW - NEONATOLOGY KW - NEONATAL SCREENING N2 - An exhaustive treatment of a phenomenon that causes family tragedy worldwide, this book fills a major gap in the current literature. Despite advances in neonatal care, neonatal cerebral injury remains a major cause of morbidity, mortality and disabilities. Cranial ultrasonography provides information on brain maturation in the (preterm) neonate and enables detection of frequently occurring brain anomalies in this patient group. A recent book showing high quality normal ultrasound images is lacking. This work deals with the basics of neonatal cranial ultrasonography and can be used as a reference-book providing essential information about the procedure ER -