Brain injury in the premature infant: Neuropathology, clinical aspects, and pathogenesis

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-12

  Volpe, Joseph J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

brain injury; germinal matrix intraventricular hemorrhage; near infrared spectroscopy; periventricular hemorrhagic infarction; periventricular leukomalaria; prematurity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA;

EID: 0030890213     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2779(1997)3:1<3::AID-MRDD2>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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