Watershed infarcts in the fetal and neonatal brainstem. An aetiology of central hypoventilation, dysphagia, Möbius syndrome and micrognathia

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 71-87

  Sarnat, Harvey B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Dysphagia; Fetus; Hypoxia; Infarct; Ischemia; Micrognathia; M bius syndrome; Neonate; Pierre Robin syndrome; Respiratory insufficiency; Tegmentum; Watershed zone

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE; ACCESSORY NERVE; AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; APNEA; ASPIRATION; AUTOPSY; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPHAGIA; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACIAL NERVE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATION PERIOD; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVENTILATION; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; MICROGNATHIA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MOEBIUS SYNDROME; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DRIVE; REVIEW; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SWALLOWING; TEGMENTUM; TONGUE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TROCHLEAR NERVE; VAGUS NERVE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE; WATERSHED;

EID: 1642306997     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2003.12.005     Document Type: Article

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