Brain injury in the premature infant - From pathogenesis to prevention

Brain and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 519-534

  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 leukomalacia; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

SCAVENGER;

AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CELL DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LEUKOMALACIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEWBORN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR;

EID: 0031471023     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(97)00078-8     Document Type: Review

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