Cerebral infarctions in the fetus and neonate: Maternal-placental-fetal considerations

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 693-724

  Scher, Mark S ^a   Wiznitzer, Max ^a   Bangert, Barbara A ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN;

ANAMNESIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AROUSAL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INFARCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FETUS DISEASE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MATERNAL DISEASE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEWBORN DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLACENTA DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; STROKE;

ALGORITHMS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036954826     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0095-5108(02)00055-6     Document Type: Review

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