Hypothesis on the delayed occurrence of diplegia in infants with periventricular leukomalacia

Brain and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 787-

  Ulfig, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; DIPLEGIA; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GIANT CELL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LEG; LETTER; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIMATE; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RED NUCLEUS; RUBROSPINAL TRACT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPASTIC PARESIS; SYMPTOM; TEGMENTUM; TISSUE NECROSIS; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL PALSY; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; REACTION TIME; RED NUCLEUS;

EID: 0036891058     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(02)00118-3     Document Type: Letter

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