Serial quantitative diffusion tensor MRI of the premature brain: Development in newborns with and without injury

To determine the change over time of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and relative anisotropy of cerebral water in a cohort of premature newborns serially studied near birth and again near term.

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