Postmortem brain MRI with selective tissue biopsy as an adjunct to autopsy following neonatal encephalopathy

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 167-174

  Nicholl, R M ^a   Balasubramaniam, V P ^a   Urquhart, D S ^a   Sellathurai, N ^a   Rutherford, M A ^b  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autopsy; MRI; Neonatal encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CAMPTODACTYLY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COFS SYNDROME; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTUBATION; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; MALE; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MICROGYRIA; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACHYGYRIA; PES EQUINOVARUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; SUBEPENDYMOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AUTOPSY; BIOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTMORTEM CHANGES;

EID: 34247153606     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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