Evidence of brain ischemia in early neonatal sudden death syndrome

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 145-148

  Obonai, T ^a   Asanuma, M ^b   Mizuta, R ^c   Horie, H ^d   Tanaka, J ^a   Takashima, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Matsudo Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c KYOTO SECOND RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d CHIBA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem gliosis; Immunohistochemistry; Leukomalacia; Neonate; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLIA; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOMALACIA; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; VAGUS NERVE NUCLEUS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0030861123     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973691     Document Type: Article

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