Evidence of fetal central nervous system injury in isolated congenital heart defects: microcephaly at birth

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43.e1-43.e7

  Barbu, Diana ^a   Mert, Ismail ^b   Kruger, Michael ^c   Bahado Singh, Ray O ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health and Education Hospital   (Turkey)

^c HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

congenital heart defect; microcephaly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROCEPHALY; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 67649342171     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.03.029     Document Type: Article

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