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Materials and methods: A total of 44 preterm neonates ((mean GA, 33.59 weeks (+2.43 weeks)) were examined in the follow-up program at Life Memorial Hospital Bucharest at term-equivalent age (TEA). The GM and ultrasound examinations were performed by trained and certified specialists. Three GM pattens were noted (normal, PR, or CS), and the measurements of the following cerebral structures were conducted via head ultrasounds: ventricular index, the short and long axes of the lateral ventricles, the midbody distance of the lateral ventricle, the diagonal of the caudate nucleus, the width of the basal ganglia, the width of the interhemispheric fissure, the sinocortical width, the length and thickness of the callosal body, the anteroposterior diameter of the pons, the diameter of the vermis, and the transverse diameters of the cerebellum and vermis. The ultrasound measurements were compared between the groups in order to find statistically significant correlations by using the FANOVA test (significance p &lt; 0.05). Results: The presence of the CS movement pattern was significantly associated with an increased ventricular index (mean 11.36 vs. 8.90; p = 0.032), increased midbody distance of the lateral ventricle\u2013CS versus PR (8.31 vs. 3.73; p = 0.001); CS versus normal (8.31 vs. 3.34; p = 0.001), increased long and short axes of the lateral ventricles (p &lt; 0.001), and decreased width of the basal ganglia\u2013CS versus PR (11.07 vs. 15.69; p = 0.001); CS versus normal pattern (11.07 vs. 15.15; p = 0.0010). The PR movement pattern was significantly associated with an increased value of the sinocortical width when compared to the CS pattern (p &lt; 0.001) and a decreased anteroposterior diameter of the pons when compared to both the CS (12.06 vs. 16.83; p = 0.001) and normal (12.06 vs. 16.78; p = 0.001) patterns. The same correlations were present when the subgroup of infants with a GA \u2264 32 weeks was analyzed. Conclusions: Our study demonstrated that there are correlations between atypical GM patterns (cramped-synchronized\u2014CS and poor repertoire\u2014PR) and abnormalities in the dimensions of the structures measured via ultrasound at the term-equivalent age. 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