This is called ventricular volume and infants born very preterm relationship with brain maturation and neurodevelopment at age four and a half years. This, their study design was using a number of MRI scans. So they did one performed shortly after birth and then another MRI at term equivalent age. And they looked for IVH,. They looked for white matter injury. The ratio they use is the ventricular volume to total cerebral volume. But interestingly, they had no difference in snap scores, which is like clinical illness score.
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