Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques: Their Role in the Development of Future Fetal and Neonatal Neuroprotection

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-101

  Limperopoulos, Catherine ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

fetal; MRI; neonatal; neuroprotection; plasticity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MATURATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FETUS; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 74549188669     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2009.12.001     Document Type: Review

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