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SynthesisAJNR. American journal of neuroradiology2014

Optimal timing of cerebral MRI in preterm infants to predict long-term neurodevelopmental outcome: a systematic review.

A Plaisier, P Govaert, M H Lequin, J Dudink

Open access · bronzeAbstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Opioid exposure on the preterm brain: qualitative and quantitative MRI analysis.Intensive care medicine. Paediatric and neonatal · 2026
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  5. Clinical experience with an in-NICU magnetic resonance imaging system.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2022
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  11. Cerebral White Matter Maturation Patterns in Preterm Infants: An MRI T2 Relaxation Anisotropy and Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study.Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging · 2018
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  12. Comparison of preterm and term equivalent age MRI for the evaluation of preterm brain injury.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

A PlaisierFrom the Division of Neonatology (A.P., P.G., J.D.)Department of Pediatrics, and Division of Pediatric Radiology (A.P., M.H.L., J.D.), Department of Radiology, Erasmus Medical Center-Sophia, Rotterdam, the Netherlands a.plaisier.1@erasmusmc.nl.
P GovaertFrom the Division of Neonatology (A.P., P.G., J.D.)Department of Pediatrics (P.G.), Koningin Paola Children's Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.
M H LequinDepartment of Pediatrics, and Division of Pediatric Radiology (A.P., M.H.L., J.D.), Department of Radiology, Erasmus Medical Center-Sophia, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
J DudinkFrom the Division of Neonatology (A.P., P.G., J.D.)Department of Pediatrics, and Division of Pediatric Radiology (A.P., M.H.L., J.D.), Department of Radiology, Erasmus Medical Center-Sophia, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Erasmus MC · NLAntwerp University Hospital · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

summaryAdvances in neonatal neuroimaging have improved detection of preterm brain injury responsible for abnormal neuromotor and cognitive development. Increasingly sophisticated MR imaging setups allow scanning during early preterm life. In this review, we investigated how brain MR imaging in preterm infants should be timed to best predict long-term outcome. Given the strong evidence that structural brain abnormalities are related to long-term neurodevelopment, MR imaging should preferably be performed at term-equivalent age. Early MR imaging is promising because it can guide early intervention studies and is indispensable in research on preterm brain injury.

Indexed as

BrainBrain InjuriesDevelopmental DisabilitiesFemaleHumansImage EnhancementImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedInfant, NewbornInfant, PrematureInfant, Premature, DiseasesMalePrognosisReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and Specificity

Identifiers

PMID23639558
PMCPMC7964554
OpenAlexW2165430221

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