Evaluation and Management of Stroke in the Neonate

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-136

  Barnette, Alan R ^a   Inder, Terrie E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial ischemic stroke; Brain injury; Ischemic perinatal stroke; Seizures; Thrombophilia; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; DIZOCILPINE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; ETIRACETAM; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LEPTIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MELATONIN; MINOCYCLINE; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PHENOBARBITAL; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; SIMVASTATIN; TOPIRAMATE; WARFARIN;

BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBRAL PALSY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSTRAINT INDUCED THERAPY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; IRON DEFICIENCY; ISCHEMIC PERINATAL STROKE; MORBIDITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN CARE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; REVIEW; SEIZURE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOPHILIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; PREGNANCY; STROKE;

EID: 58249144018     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2008.09.008     Document Type: Review

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