Chorioamnionitis and brain injury

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 603-621

  Willoughby Jr , Rodney E ^a   Nelson, Karin B ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR;

APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE FREQUENCY; GROWTH RETARDATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; THROMBOPHILIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIRTH INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFLAMMATION; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036950163     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0095-5108(02)00058-1     Document Type: Review

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