Positive slow waves in the EEG of premature infants between 24 and 36 weeks of conceptional age

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 180-189

  Flores Guevara, Roberto ^a,b,e,f   Giannuzzi, Raffaella ^c   Oliveira Nosralla, Márcia de ^d   Vignolo, Patricia ^e   Moriette, Guy ^e   Maier, Marc A ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c PERRINO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d HOSPITAL DO SERVIDOR PÚBLICO ESTADUAL DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e Institut Cochin   (France)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

Author keywords

Central positive slow waves; EEG; Extremely premature infant; Maturation

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CORTICOSTEROID; FENTANYL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LUNG DYSPLASIA; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; THETA RHYTHM;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 37649017251     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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