RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in children with chronic kernicterus
JF Neurosciences Journal
JO Neurosciences (Riyadh)
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 201
OP 204
VO 11
IS 3
A1 Atalar, Mehmet H.
A1 Buyakayhan, Derya
A1 Icagosioglu, Dilara
YR 2006
UL http://nsj.org.sa/content/11/3/201.abstract
AB Advances in perinatal monitoring and early treatment for hyperbilirubinemia in high-risk patients have greatly reduced the incidence of kernicterus. Findings on MRI in patients with kernicterus are characteristic. The most characteristic pattern of neuropathological lesions in kernicterus is symmetric and highly selective involvement of the basal ganglia. In this study, we report the MRI findings in 2 infants with clinical and laboratory evidence of kernicterus.