Maternal antenatal complications and the risk of neonatal cerebral white matter damage and later cerebral palsy in children born at an extremely low gestational age

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 170, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 819-828

  McElrath, Thomas F ^a   Allred, Elizabeth N ^b   Boggess, Kim A ^c   Kuban, Karl ^d   Oshea, T Michael ^e   Paneth, Nigel ^f   Leviton, Alan ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Cervix uteri; Fetal membranes, premature rupture; Infant, premature; Leukomalacia, periventricular; Obstetric labor, preterm; Pre eclampsia; Steroids

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

BRAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAMAGE; HEALTH RISK; LESION; NEONATE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; PREGNANCY; STEROID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE; WHITE MATTER;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349510213     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp206     Document Type: Article

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