Dysmature EEG pattern in EEGs of preterm infants with cognitive impairment: Maturation arrest caused by prolonged mild CNS depression

Brain and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 122-125

  Hayakawa, Fumio ^a   Okumura, Akihisa ^a   Kato, Toru ^a   Kuno, Kazuyoshi ^a   Watanabe, Kazuyoshi ^b  

^a ANJO KOSEI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Dysmature EEG patterns; Preterm infant; Prolonged mild depression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBRAL PALSY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DYSMATURITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES;

EID: 0030974015     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(96)00491-3     Document Type: Article

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