Clinical Examination Findings in Neonates with the Absence of Electrocerebral Activity: An Acute or Chronic Encephalopathic State?

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 455-460

  Scher, Mark S ^a,c   Barabas, Ronald E ^a,d   Barmada, Mamdouha A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030278049     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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