Table 1 Correlation between postnatal brain abnormalities on imaging and neurodevelopmental outcome
Study | Study design | Study population | Type of imaging | Predictors of neurological outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Capretti et al. [18] | Prospective longitudinal observational study | 40 (symptomatic and asymptomatic) | Cranial US and brain MRI | Abnormal brain MRI |
Manara et al. [19] | Retrospective study | 14 (symptomatic) | Brain MRI | Cortical malformations, ventriculomegaly or hippocampal dysplasia |
Kwak et al. [21] | Retrospective study | 31 (symptomatic) | Brain MRI | Polymicrogyria, ventriculomegaly, WM abnormalities or calcifications |
Nishida et al. [22] | Prospective cohort study | 42 (symptomatic and asymptomatic) | Brain MRI | ≥ 2 of ventriculomegaly, periventricular cysts or WM injury |
Alarcon et al. [23] | Prospective longitudinal observational study | 26 (symptomatic) | Cranial US, CT and brain MRI | ≥ 2 according to the new Noyola’s scale |
Lucignani et al. [24] | Retrospective study | 44 (symptomatic and asymptomatic) | Brain MRI | MRI score > 2, especially WM alterations and ventriculomegaly |