[Early cerebral MRI in preterm infants: correlations with EEG and outcome].

Aim Of The Study: Assess the potential benefits of performing an early cerebral MRI to evaluate the gravity of cerebral lesions among premature neonates at risk of neurologic sequels and establish correlations between EEG findings, abnormal neuroimaging findings and neurodevelopment.

Methods: A MRI was performed in 34 premature newborn babies with abnormal neurological clinical signs, and/or with two abnormal EEG and/or with two abnormal cerebral ultrasound scans. The mean age and the adjusted age of our population were 5 weeks (range 1-11 weeks) and 35 weeks of adjusted age (range 29-40 weeks) respectively.