Neuropathologic Documentation of Prenatal Brain Damage

American Journal of Diseases of Children

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 1988, Pages 858-866

  Ellis, William G ^a   Goetzman, Boyd W ^a   Lindenberg, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBRAL PALSY; FATALITY; FORECASTING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NECROSIS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0023774219     PISSN: 0002922X     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1988.02150080064025     Document Type: Article

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