Normal Values of Third Ventricular Width of Preterm Infants

Objectives: Although the third ventricle width reference ranges obtained by cranial ultrasonography in term infants are known in the literature. There is no adequate up-to-date data regarding the reference ranges of third ventricle width in premature infants. In our study, we aimed to obtain the normal ref-erence values of third ventricle width and the third ventricle related param-eters in preterm infants (gestational age [GA]

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