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. 2002 Mar;86(2):F72–F74. doi: 10.1136/fn.86.2.F72

Posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilatation

A Whitelaw, M Thoresen, I Pople
PMCID: PMC1721391  PMID: 11882544

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Cranial ultrasound (coronal view) showing enlarged ballooned ventricles (black) with blood clot (white) in the lumina. The ventricular width is measured from the midline to the lateral border.

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Concentrations of transforming growth factor ß1 (TGFß1) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF; first sample) of control infants and infants with posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilatation (PHVD). From Whitelaw et al8 with permission.

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