Case Number Gender Gestational Age Birth Weight Brain Ultrasound Recording Age GM Quality

At Birth
Case A female 27 weeks 875 g Transient periventricular 29 weeks normal
echodensity in the parieto-
occipital white matter (3
weeks)
Case B female 32 weeks 1285 g GMH-IVH grade 1 right 34 weeks normal
(Volpe 1989)
Case C female 32 weeks 1115 g GMH-IVH grade 1 right; 40 weeks normal
Transient periventricular
echodensity in the parieto-
occipital white matter (3
weeks)
Case D female 38 weeks 2950 g Normal 9 weeks PTA normal
Case E male 30 weeks 1020 g Normal 20 weeks PTA normal
Case F male 40 weeks 3500 g Normal 15 weeks PTA normal
Case G male 26 weeks 980 g Transient periventricular 34 weeks poor repertoire
echodensity in the parieto-
occipital white matter (3
weeks); large intra-
parenchymal haemorrhage
of left parietal lobe with
cavitations
Case H male 28 weeks 595 g Transient periventricular 39 weeks poor repertoire
echodensity in the parieto-
occipital white matter (2
weeks)
Case J male 28 weeks 1200 g bilateral periventricular cysts, 39 weeks cramped-
(PVL grade 2-3): left frontal synchronised
and right parieto-occipital;
ventricular dilatation
Case K female 29 weeks 1290 g GMH-IVH grade 3 right; 3 weeks PTA cramped-
 bilateral ventricular dilatation; synchronised
bilateral frontal and parieto-
occipital periventricular cysts
(PVL grade 3, de Vries 1992)
Case L male 30 weeks 1290 g cystic PVL grade 3 34 weeks chaotic
Case M female 29 weeks 1290 g Transient periventricular 9 weeks PTA abnormal
echodensity in the parieto- fidgety
occipital white matter (5 movements
weeks); frontal germinolytic
cysts
Case N male 25 weeks 670 g GMH-IVH grade 2 left; 11 weeks PTA absence of
transient periventricular fidgety
echodensity in the parieto- movements
occipital white matter (4
weeks);
Case O female 39 weeks 2600 g Thalamic increased 12 weeks PTA absence of
echodensity; cortical and fidgety
subcortical atrophy movements
Case P male 28 weeks 1200 g bilateral periventricular cysts,
11 weeks PTA absence of
(PVL grade 2-3): left frontal fidgety
and right parieto-occipital; movements
ventricular dilatation and cramped
synchronised
g, grams; GMH-IVH, germinal matrix haemorrhage (classification Volpe, Ann Neurol 1989); PVL, periventricular leukomalacia
(classification de Vries et al, Behav Brain Res 1992); PTA, postterm age.