Preliminary study on the cytoarchitecture of the human parabrachial/Kö lliker-Fuse complex, with reference to sudden infant death syndrome and sudden intrauterine unexplained death

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-179

  Lavezzi, Anna Maria ^a   Ottaviani, Giulia ^a   Ballabio, Gianmario ^a   Rossi, Lino ^a   Matturri, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brainstem; K lliker Fuse; Parabrachial nuclei; SIDS; SIUD; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL INTERMEDIATE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN STEM; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LATERAL PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; MALE; MEDIAL PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; PARABRACHIAL KOLLIKER FUSE COMPLEX; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; STILLBIRTH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SUDDEN INTRAUTERINE UNEXPLAINED DEATH;

EID: 2642575148     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10024-003-1011-7     Document Type: Article

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