In utero brain lesions in SIDS

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-25

  Obonai, Toshimasa ^a   Takashima, Sachio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEUKOMALACIA; MENINGOCELE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CHORISTOMA; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MENINGES; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 0031819872     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(98)00008-3     Document Type: Article

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