Does the onset of neonatal seizures correlate with the timing of fetal neurologic injury?

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 673-676

  Ahn, Myoung Ock ^a   Korst, Lisa M ^b   Phelan, Jeffrey P ^c,e   Martin, Gilbert I ^d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Cha Women's Hospital   (South Korea)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

^d Citrus Valley Medical Center   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DECELERATION; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS HYPOXIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; SEIZURE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 3643088588     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289803701105     Document Type: Article

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