Neonatal porencephaly in very low birth weight infants: Ultrasound timing of asphyxial injury and neurodevelopmental outcome at two years of age

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 361-365

  Tonni, G ^a   Ferrari, B ^b   Defelice, C ^c   Centini, G ^c  

^a PATHOLOGY UNIT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neurological outcome; Porencepholy; Ultrasound timing of cavitation; VLBW

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN NECROSIS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PORENCEPHALY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WHITE MATTER;

ACID-BASE IMBALANCE; ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 30344454669     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050400029574     Document Type: Article

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